Sheep-eating plant about to bloom in Surrey

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  1. JWK

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    It's true :yikes:

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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-22967160
     
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      Horrible!!!

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        That's an awful long wait for it to flower.... :SUNsmile:
         
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          What do you recon our chances of getting a Sheep into Wisley are?
           
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            :hate-shocked: Just hope it hasn't migrated to any of the arid regions here ... :love30:
             
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              This would be ideally an event not to be missed...mumble mumble...
              Changing subject, is the titan arum flowering more often than this one and where is it again?
               
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                I bet you'll find a queue there with the rest of the herd Zigs. :)
                 
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                  goodness gracious:eeew:
                   
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