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It is an epiphytic perennial, stem 30–60 cm long, stout, scandent by the stout, simple or branching aerial roots. Leaves succulent, 15–20 cm, long, linear, recurved, complicate.
Rafflesia (/ r ə ˈ f l iː z (i) ə,-ˈ f l iː ʒ (i) ə, r æ-/), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.
The buds take many months to develop and the flower lasts for just a few days. The flowers are dioecious – either male or female, thus both flowers are needed for successful pollination. [21] When Rafflesia is ready to reproduce, a tiny bud forms outside the root or stem of its host and develops over a period of a year. The cabbage-like head ...
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It is only in its eighth year that it bursts into bloom. At that time the pink and white buds [10] bear bright purple [2] (purplish blue [11]) flowers in a mass flowering which covers many forest areas with a colorful lavender blush [7] of buds with a tinge of pink [11] with its profusion of violet blooms, [10] after this once in a lifetime ...
Turkey fails are sitcom gold. Fans of New Girl might remember the unorthodox way Jessica Day tried to thaw a frozen turkey in that show’s first season. “I put it on permanent press,” she ...
The fragrant, orchid-like flowers are usually 10 to 15 centimetres (3.9 to 5.9 in) across, and bloom from early November to the end of March. Although now cultivated in many areas, it originated in Hong Kong in 1880 and apparently all of the cultivated trees derive from one cultivated at the Hong Kong Botanical Gardens and widely planted in ...