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Hundreds watch 'corpse flower' bloom

This Saturday Aug. 5 2006 photo provided by Virginia Tech shows a large Indonesian plant whose botanical name is Amorphophallus titanum or quotcorpse flowerquot in Virginia Tech greenhouse in Blacksburg Va. (AP PhotoVirginia Tech)
This Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, photo provided by Virginia Tech shows a large Indonesian plant, whose botanical name is Amorphophallus titanum, or "corpse flower" in Virginia Tech greenhouse in Blacksburg, Va. (AP Photo/Virginia Tech)

(AP) -- Hundreds of visitors filed through a Virginia Tech greenhouse to get a glimpse, and a whiff, of a powerfully malodorous "corpse flower" as it bloomed.



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