Rafflesia Flower
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Named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the Rafflesia Flower is the world's largest single flower and is found in Southeast Asia in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and Kalimantan, West Malaysia and the Philippines.
The flower has no leaves and hardly any stem, just a huge speckled five-petaled flower with a diameter up to 106cm, and weighing up to 10kg.
The flowers smell like rotting meat, thus it is also known as "corpse flower" or "meat flower".
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while the Rafflesia is is the largest single flower, the largest compound flower, another "corpse flower" is this.. the Titan Arum...
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gosh, that flower must really stink, that guy is wearing a gas mask.
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Originally posted by Gordonator:gosh, that flower must really stink, that guy is wearing a gas mask.
one of those was recently on display in jakarta and attracted throngs cos it is a rare occasion for it to flower
wonder when our botanic gardens will display one? -
Originally posted by poon cho tang:
one of those was recently on display in jakarta and attracted throngs cos it is a rare occasion for it to flower
wonder when our botanic gardens will display one? -
Don't ever request one for our botanic gardens... It's a big turn off...