Established by the Dutch colonial government in the late 19th century, Indonesia’s Bogor Botanical Gardens is one of the oldest and largest in the world. As one of the nation’s most important ...

BOGOR, INDONESIA (dpa) – When a Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) blooms at the Bogor Botanical Garden, 40 kilometres south of Jakarta, it attracts more than just flies, carrion beetles and sweat bees.

Doug Johnson is a Canadian writer, editor, and journalist. This story originally featured on Undark. The alien-like blooms and putrid stench of Amorphophallus titanum, better known as the corpse ...