The Corpse Flower(titanum arum) in its peak flowering life cycle in the Cairns Botanical Gardens in Queensland, Australia.

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Amorphophallus titanum, the titan arum, is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, has a larger inflorescence, but it is branched rather than unbranched. A. titanum is endemic to Sumatra.

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Location: Botanical Gardens, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Photo credit: © Marco Trovalusci Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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