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Crowds gathers to view a rare titan arum, otherwise known as a corpse flower, which bloomed at the Marye Anne Fox Teaching Greenhouses at NC State in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Sept. 23, 2016. The titan arum is named Lupin, by Brandon Huber, who raised it and is earning his master’s degree in horticultural science and plant breeding at N.C. State.

Ethan Hyman ehyman@newsobserver.com