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Old 01-23-2019, 02:22 AM
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You might not know about the plant genus Rafflesia, but you may have heard about the “corpse flower,” a rare type of jungle plant that attracts pollinating insects to its huge flowers by smelling like death and rot.In fact, there are 28 distinct species of this rootless, leafless plant, with flowers varying in size from about 5 inches to 40 inches. Most of these flowers take six to nine months to grow and will begin to decay within a few days.
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