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🌸 Septian Andriki, who sobbed upon seeing a rare flower in bloom, in a video that has since gone viral, reflects on the encounter. "When I saw her start blooming, I just broke down," he said. "The ranger thought I was possessed." His colleague on the trek, Chris Thorogood, said the flower takes up to nine months to mature and only stays open for days. "I imagine more tigers have seen this flower than people." A team of researchers have described the "magical" experience of finding a rare specie