The Rafflesia arnoldii,the flower with the world's largest bloom This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It attaches itself to a host plant to obtain water and nutrients. When in bloom, the Rafflesia emits a repulsive odor, similar to that of rotting meat. This odor attracts insects that pollinate the plant.
What is the name of largest flower in the world?
rafflesia....In some species, such as Rafflesia arnoldii, the flower may be over 100 centimetres (39 in) in diameter, and weigh up to 10 kilograms (22 lb). Even the smallest species, R. manillana, has 20 cm diameter flowers
The name "corpse flower" applied to Rafflesia is confusing because this common name also refers to the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) of the family Araceae. Moreover, because Amorphophallus has the world's largest unbranched inflorescence, it is sometimes mistakenly credited as having the world's largest flower.
Reply:Amorphophallus Titanum or Titan Arum. In Indonesia it is called Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) because it smells like a corpse
. It can reach to 1 m wide and the height of more than 2 m. There are 170 species of them. This one is bigger than Rafflesia. Rafflesia stays on the ground.
Reply:As other contributors have said, Rafflesia has a huge flower. It is the colour of flesh - a mottled brown-pink and smells of rotting meat. This attracts flies for pollination. It is a complete parasite so all the food required for its huge flower is taken from its 'host' plant.
Reply:wow i had a link for this one
http://www.bbg.org/vis2/2006/titan/photo...
it is from the boston botanical garden of a corpse flower blooming great stuff
Reply:http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/...
Reply:Rafflesia amoldii
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Reply:Rafflesia arnoldii- but it gives very dirty smell like fish
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Reply:rafflesia.....im sure bout this
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