Colombia's Inirida flower: from 'weed' to COP16 emblem

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When Ruben Dario Carianil began cultivating the unusual, pointy Inirida flower in the Colombian Amazon ten years ago, his relatives made fun of him for growing "weeds." Today, he grows tons of the curious blooms who are soon to become the emblem of COP16, a UN biodiversity conference.

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