epa00579877 Curious onlookers file past the Amorphophallus Titanum trying to get a smell of the unusual scent at the United States Botanic Garden in Washington, DC Monday 21 November 2005. The plant, native to tropical rain foersts of Indonesia and Sumatra, rarely blooms and its flower’s scent is that of rotting meat. At 14 years old, this is the first time this plant has bloomed. EPA/SHAWN THEW