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Day: August 2, 2019

An amazing Harry Potter mandrake plant in Vietnam!

August 2, 2019July 28, 2019kenritley

Everyone remembers this scene from Harry Potter, where the young wizards were taught how to de-pot a baby mandrake plant:

Well, I got the exciting opportunity to see an adult Mandrake plant, which I spotted in a Buddhist monastery just south of Saigon:

Vietnam

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