Twenty years in the making, the world’s biggest flower is finally in full bloom in Tokyo’s Koishikawa Botanical Gardens. The flower is called the titan arum, Greek for “giant penis.” Back in the day, Victorian women were prohibited from viewing the pornographic flower. And if that weren’t enough to get your heart racing, the massive phallic plant also smells like rotting meat and rancid cheese. Pretty kinky stuff.
Still, the flower only lives for three days and blooms every 20 or so years, so thousands of people are flocking to the gardens to catch rare a glimpse. It’s native to Indonesia and is currently considered endangered.
