{"id":58827,"date":"2019-09-06T14:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T18:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/?p=58827"},"modified":"2019-09-06T14:17:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T18:17:27","slug":"whats-beautiful-now-zulu-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2019\/09\/around-the-garden\/whats-beautiful-now\/whats-beautiful-now-zulu-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Beautiful Now: Zulu Giant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s beautiful now? The Zulu Giant (Stapelia gigantea)! Its tremendous, fuzzy flowers open to reveal what&#8217;s certainly more of a stench than an aroma, attracting flies to pollinate it with the smell of rotten meat. Maybe it&#8217;s best to admire from afar.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2019\/09\/around-the-garden\/whats-beautiful-now\/whats-beautiful-now-zulu-giant\/attachment\/mco_2847\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58829\"><img data-attachment-id=\"58829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2019\/09\/around-the-garden\/whats-beautiful-now\/whats-beautiful-now-zulu-giant\/attachment\/mco_2847\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1333\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1567596069&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Zulu Giant\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-320x213.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-800x533.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-58829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-160x107.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-1600x1066.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/MCO_2847.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s beautiful now? The Zulu Giant (Stapelia gigantea)! 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