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Saving the world's smelliest plant
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VOX POP: I’m here to see the star of the show, Putricia , hopefully we get to catch her in bloom.VOX POP 3: I think it will be s***

HAGAR COHEN: Thousands have been tuning in to the Botanic Garden’s livestream of ‘Putricia’ for the past week waiting for this moment. DANIELLA PASQUALINI: What happens is that beautiful crinkly looking skirt that she has wrapped around the spadix which is that very phallic looking part of the flower structure, that will slowly open to beautiful velvet crimson skirt and that will only be open for about 24 hours. She will become extremely smelly.

DANIELLA PASQUALINI: She's special because she's endangered. We estimate there's only about 300 of them left in western Sumatra, Indonesia.I am looking forward to being here when she opens completely, and I hope that’s tonight or maybe tomorrow.

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