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This category contains articles related to the native flora of Sumatra. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. In accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD), it is included within the larger region of Malesia in Category:Flora of Malesia
A. titanum is endemic to rainforests on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Because its flower blooms infrequently and only for a short period, it gives off a powerful scent of rotting flesh to attract pollinators. As a consequence, it is characterized as a carrion flower, earning it the names corpse flower or corpse plant.
With a flower growing up to 1.5 m (5 ft) in diameter, 3–4 m (10–13 ft) in perimeter and 10–12 kg (22–26 lb) in weight, Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's current largest individual flower. They grow in the forests of Sumatra and Borneo islands of Indonesia. With no roots, stems, leaves or chlorophyll, they are parasitic to many species ...
Altogether the three sites make up 50% of the total plant variety, in Sumatra. At least 92 local common species have been recognized in GLNP. The nomination contains populations of both the world's largest flower (Rafflesia arnoldi) and the tallest flower (Amorphophallus titanum). The Tropical Rainforest of Sumatra has just recently become a ...
Sympatric upper pitchers of N. jamban (left) and N. lingulata (right) in Sumatran upper montane forest. This list of Nepenthes species is a comprehensive listing of all known species of the carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes. It includes 179 recognised extant species, 2 incompletely diagnosed taxa, and 3 nothospecies.
Magnolia ashtonii Dandy ex. Noot. (Sumatra, Borneo) Magnolia bintuluensis (Agostini) Noot. (Sumatra, Borneo) Magnolia borneensis Noot. (Borneo, Philippines) Magnolia elegans (Blume) Keng (Sumatra, Java) Magnolia pahangensis Noot. (Borneo, Philippines)
One exceptional species is known as Rafflesia arnoldi, named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and Dr. Thomas Arnold, who discovered the flower in the depths of Bengkulu, southwest Sumatra. This parasitic plant has the largest flower of any plant, does not produce leaves and grows only on one species of liana on the rainforest
The following is a list of intergeneric hybrids recognised by the Royal Horticultural Society that includes species of Phalaenopsis as ancestors, as at February 2022: [6] × Aeridopsis (Aerides × Phalaenopsis) × Arachnopsis (Arachnis × Phalaenopsis) × Cleisonopsis (Cleisocentron × Phalaenopsis) × Diplonopsis (Diploprora × Phalaenopsis)