They're very proud of their Amorphophallus Titanium plants down at the Hortus Botanicus botanical gardens in the Dutch university town of Leiden. As one of the botanists there explains, the plant that has just flowered in the hothouse is a little bit like an 'own child' to him and his colleagues, for it is the product of 11 years' nurturing.
 

From berries to full-blown 'monsters', these 'penis plants' give off an awful smell when they come into bloom.

Junito Drias from Radio Netherlands Worldwide's Indonesian service took a camera and set off to Leiden to find out more...