Looking for some fun in Boston?  Why not visit Morticia, the corpse flower.  This plant Amorphophallus titanum produces the largest flowers known and the flower smells like rotting meat.      Amorphophallus is in the Araceae, so what looks like a giant flower is really a large inflorescence.     The flowers are found on the spadix which is surrounded by a modified leaf, the spathe. This is a primarily tropical family, but skunk cabbage and Jack-in-the-Pulpit are local representatives.  The plants actually generate excess heat (it is thermogenic) through a modification of the respiratory pathway called Cyanide Resistant Respiration.  The extra heat helps disperse  volatile compounds to attract pollinators,  the heat also helps prevent freezing damage when skunk cabbage flowers in early spring.
http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/06/19/yikes-alive-franklin-park-zoo-corpse-flower-begins-bloom/7NVwdn8ceDJpLIyRJvb3EN/story.html