Thousands of plant lovers have flocked to the northern Swiss city of Basel to see a giant, stinky flower bloom for the first time.
The Basel Botanical Gardens expects 10,000 people to see its amorphophallus titanum, or corpse flower, in full glory before the bloom wilts late Saturday or Sunday.
Text: AP
Image: Visitors look at the "Arum Titan", the biggest flower in the world, blossom at the Botanical Garden in Basel, on April 23, 2011. (Photographs copyright AFPI)
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