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Rafflesia arnoldii, the corpse flower, [2] or giant padma, [3] Its local name is Petimum Sikinlili. It is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia within the family Rafflesiaceae. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. [4] It has a strong and unpleasant odor of decaying flesh. [5]
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.
Stinking corpse may refer to: The Stinking Corpse : Aztec myth about a giant which released a stench that would kill anyone who smelled it when he was killed by the Toltecs. Stinking Corpse Flower : Rafflesia , genus of parasitic flowering plants which includes the Stinking Corpse Lily ( Rafflesia arnoldii )
A corpse flower blooming in Cairns, Australia, in January 2018. (Mangiwau/Moment RF/Getty Images) Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter .
It was the first bloom for the corpse flower named Mirage, which was donated to the California Academy of Sciences in 2017. It’s been housed in the museum’s rainforest exhibit since 2020.
"Horace," the fetid — and feted — corpse flower at Como Park Conservatory in St. Paul has started to stink, its handlers wrote in a social media post just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, a sign that ...
[5] [6] Like the related cuckoo pint and calla lily, it consists of a fragrant spadix of flowers wrapped by a spathe, which looks like a large petal. The spathe is deep green on the outside and dark burgundy red on the inside, with a deeply furrowed texture. The spadix is almost hollow and resembles a large baguette. Near the bottom of the ...
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 ...