“尸臭魔芋”终于开花尸臭散漫天

　A rare "corpse flower" is raising a stink, once again, in Melbourne after being lovingly cared for like a baby.

　　“尸臭魔芋”是非常稀有的一种花，在澳大利亚墨尔本它像个婴儿一样被细心呵护之后终于开花了，不过却又一次引来埋怨。

　　The giant tropical flower, native to Sumatra, began to bloom at Melbourne's Royal Botanic Gardens over the weekend, filling the glasshouse with the smell of rotting flesh for several days until it enters its death throes. Royal Botanic Gardens' director Tim Entwisle said it's the third time one of the rare titan arums has flowered in Melbourne - and the second bloom for one of the gardens' three plants.

　　这种巨大的热带植物，原产于苏门答腊岛，本周末在墨尔本的皇家植物园开花了。花房里几天里一直弥漫着腐肉的味道，直到花败死去。皇家植物园园长蒂姆·安特斯勒告诉记者：这是尸臭魔芋第三次在墨尔本开花了——园内一共有三株尸臭魔芋，这是其中一株第二次开花。

　　The public in awe of the smelly flower, which only blooms for three days.?

　　观看者都畏惧这种花的味道，不过这种花只能开放三天。

　　Only 80 or so titan arums have flowered around the world in the past 30 years.而过去30年内全世界只有80株左右的尸臭魔芋开放过。

　　He said the successful flowerings at the Botanic Gardens were due to the nursery team, who spent two years coaxing this particular rainforest plant to bloom for a second time. "They give it lots of love and attention. It's very much treated like a baby," Dr Entwisle said

　　蒂姆还说，尸臭魔芋能在植物园开花都多亏了植物园的苗圃团队，他们花了2年时间悉心呵护这株雨林植物，好让它再次开花。“他们给了它很多的爱和关注。就好像在照顾一个婴儿。”

　　Melbourne's first corpse flower saw more than 20,000 people flock to the gardens when it bloomed on Christmas Day in 2012; the second flower opened a few weeks later, but it was held in a private area and couldn't be moved for the public to see.

　　墨尔本的尸臭魔芋第一株开花是在2012年圣诞节，当时有超过2000人前去观看。之后的几周，另一株又开花了，但是这次是在一个比较隐秘的位置并没有放在对公众开放。

　　That second plant has since been moved to a public area while it delivers its second, huge bloom. The flower reached 2.61 metres in full bloom on Saturday, which is three centimetres taller than one grown in London's Kew Gardens, Dr Entwisle said.

　　此后，第二株开花的尸臭魔芋在一个星期六又开花了，二次那次是盛放，所以植物园就将其移到公共区域开放观赏。当时，花朵达到2.61米高，比英国皇家植物园的尸臭魔芋开花时还高3厘米，安特维斯博士告诉记者。

　　"Very few botanic gardens around the world have grown it - and it's rare to get one of this size," he said. The public is welcome to see it, and smell it, during opening hours, but will have to be quick. "By Monday, it will start to fade," he said.

　　“全球也没有几家植物园里有尸臭魔芋——这么大的更是极其难得。”安特维斯博士说道。它非常受欢迎，大家喜欢看它，闻它的臭味，但是它开花的时候很短，一定要珍惜。“到周一，它就开始凋谢了。”