Exotic Plant's Once-a-Century Bloom in Pictures

Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 11:40 in Biology & Nature

The rare, 40-foot-tall Queen of the Andes plant flowers just once in its 80- to 100-year lifetime, blooming for a few weeks before it dies.

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