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Bulbophyllum echinolabium orchid Pretty? Yes. But it isn't Bulbophyllum echinolabium's bright colors that attract pollinating flies—it's the putrid stench. Sniff out a few hundred live orchids at the Museum of Natural History starting January 27.

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  • Smithsonian magazine, January 2007

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    Many of the 26 paintings in the Halff Collection, at American Art until February 4, reflect the Gilded Age fashion for all things Japanese.

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    Spicy Spiral
    Simryn Gill's first major U.S. show is at the Sackler Gallery until April 29. The Singapore-born installation artist's work is postmodern, multicultural—and meticulous. Sackler staff spent three days reassembling her 16-foot Forking Tongues out of dried chilies and thrift-store cutlery.

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