Gabriel Rojo / Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on shore. Caleta Valdes, Valdes Peninsula, Chubut, Patagonia, Argentina.

Neil Lucas / Close-up detail of Titan Arum inflorescence, Sumatra

Neil Lucas / Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) Summatra. This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.

Neil Lucas / David Attenborough beside world's largest unbranched flower inflorescence, the Titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) on location for BBC series Private Life of Plants, Sumatra 1993

Neil Lucas / Titan arum in flower (Amorphophallus titanum) Sumatra, Indonesia. This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.

Neil Lucas / Titan arum flower detail {Amorphophallus titanum}

Adrian Davies / Titan arum plant about to flower {Amorphophallus titanum} Kew Gardens, UK. This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.

Adrian Davies / Titan arum flower {Amorphophallus titanum} Kew Gardens London UK This species has the largest unbranched flower inflorescence which smells strongly of rotting carrion.

Neil Lucas / Titan arum flower detail {Amorphophallus titanum}