A Titan Arum bloomed at the Cambridge Botanic Garden during my stay. I was lucky enough to get this excellent photo of the blooming plant.
It's Indonesian name bunga bangkai means corpse flower.
This flower (Latin name: Amorphophallus titanum) was discovered in the rainforest of central Sumatra in western Indonesia, by the Italian botanist
and explorer Dr. Odoardo Beccari in 1878. The stories caused quite a sensation and disbelief among European botanists. Not until the first specimen flowered
in cultivation at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England in 1889 did the world take notice.
A time-lapse video made using images captured from a web camera over the period September 1st to September 7th, 2004 can be found here.