<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cf0ec590-5ef3-47d5-9d6c-6d9e26751251/8D9B510F-992D-4E22-8C00-F7A80A1EEB04/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx" href="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abcactionnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx"><P>Here are seven of the strangest plants in the world:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.abcactionnews.com/img/0AC7302C-8878-405E-BAF3-25A5F3235C7B" alt="Rafflesia arnoldii (Ma_Suska, Wikimedia Commons)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx"><DIV class="StorySlideshowLabel"> <IMG src="http://www.abcactionnews.com/images/common/camera.jpg" /><A href="javascript:IDMStoryPhoto('bbcf093e-5bea-43dd-a47a-b580dcd33ba8', 3);">Slideshow</A> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx"><DIV class="ImageCaption"> Rafflesia arnoldii (Ma_Suska, Wikimedia Commons) </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx"><P>Found in the rainforests of <A href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/indonesia/sumatra/">Sumatra</A> and <A href="http://www.pbs.org/edens/borneo/awesome.html">Borneo</A>, the Rafflesia arnoldii produces the largest individual flower on earth.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx"><P>The flower can grow up to three feet across and weigh up to 24 pounds.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx"><P>And boy, does it smell.  Rafflesia arnoldii emits an odor similar to rotting meat to attract insects for pollination purposes.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/onthedot/story/The-strangest-plants-on-Earth/PgnPu-pb3UOkerWA3NM7qA.cspx"><P>This plant is rare and hard to find.  The flower takes months to develop and only last a few days when in full bloom.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; 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