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Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, [2] or giant padma, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. [4] It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh. [5] It is native to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo.
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.
Rafflesiaceae flowers mimic rotting carcasses in scent, color, and texture to attract their pollinators, carrion flies. For this reason, some flowers of the family Rafflesia are nicknamed "corpse flowers". Most members of Rafflesiaceae possess a large, bowl-shaped floral chamber formed by a perianth tube and a diaphragm. This diaphragm is the ...
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By Letitia Stein (Reuters) - The blossoming of twin "corpse" flowers, whose towering, phallic-shaped blooms reek of rotten flesh, is drawing tourists like flies to what experts are calling a lunar ...
Corpse flower can refer to: Amorphophallus titanum, species, also known as the Titan arum, which has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world; Carrion flowers or stinking flowers, any flower that emits an odor that smells like rotting flesh; Rafflesia, plant genus containing the species Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest single flower on ...
An endangered, foul smelling blossom called the Sumatran Titan arum, or corpse flower, briefly bloomed at a Warsaw botanical garden causing a large crowd to gather to witness the rare event.
Borneo is also home to the world's largest flower, the "corpse flower" (Rafflesia arnoldii), which can reach nearly 3 feet (0.91 meters) in diameter and up to 15 pounds (6.8 kg) in weight. [2]