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    May 26, 2020 3 minutes

    STINKING BEAUTY

    I thought I would share one of my dragon lily photos from last year. The corms are a good 20 years old. It put on a magnificent show, even down to the insects it attracted with its foul smell and how it fooled them from getting back out of the plant - almost like they were coated in a slippery pollen. When they tried to climb out, they slid back down into the plant. I used to wait for it

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