Rare African blossom flowers at Atlanta Botanical Garden

Entering the Fuqua Conservatory at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on Thursday, Midtown resident and garden member Jade Jamrozy was informed that she would have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see a rare African flower that smells like rotting flesh.

“What a blessing,” she said, not altogether convincingly.

Yes, it stinks, but Atlanta’s grotesque new blossom is also distinctive. It is apparently the first time the rare plant has flowered in a garden in the North American continent.

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