A corpse flower named Java is blooming up a nasty scent at the Chicago Botanic Garden, and more could soon be on the way. Java is one of two corpse flowers, or titan arums, that have been on display ...

For decades, Sobirin provided for his family by picking flowers here on the north coast of Indonesia’s Java Island. Now in his 70s, much of the farmer’s income used to grow near the beach on a large ...

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