The Amorphophallus Titanum

MEISE, Belgium - It's one of the world's largest flowers, it stinks of rotting meat or rancid cheese and looks very much like a giant penis.

The Amorphophallus Titanum — literally "the giant strangely shaped penis" — has been attracting big crowds at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium on the outskirts of Brussels.

Also known as Corpse Flower, it releases a strong smell to attract pollinators, thought to be sweat bees.

Thousands queued to see—- and smell — the 1.6 meter tall specimen on Thursday.

"It smells like a mix of rotten fish and rotten meat. It's quite impressive!" said visitor Frederic Lebreux.

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My Chemistry Professor at Glenville had one of these and I was fortunate enough to see it in bloom.

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