When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd And the great star early droop'd in the western sky in the night, I mourned, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

After several hours of stinky glory, Lois' bloom wilted, the smell subsided and the crowds moved on to see other,less odorous, museum attractions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"What makes it so rare is that it is highly endangered in the wild, in Sumatra, and it is so hard to get to bloom in cultivation."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

"Some people have had these for 15 or 20 years and never been able to get one to bloom, so we are really lucky here to have one."

VOA: standard.2010.07.30