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| Rafflesia arnoldii http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Rafflesiaceae/Raff.arn.page.html |
How can you stink and yet be a wonder to behold? One of my friends had the surprise of her life when she and her husband were greeted by this giant in one of their treks in the mountains of the Compostela Valley. Though it smelled like rotting meat she would not pass up the chance to have her photo taken with her face beside its unbelievably huge petals.
This flower is a good reminder that despite each other's shortcomings and imperfections, we all have something marvelous about us. We just need to look deeper, if not closer.
