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Hidden in the jungles of Indonesia is a plant that doesn't live off of the sun, instead it gains its sustenance through ...
This is the Rafflesia, the world’s largest flower, a botanical oddity as infamous as it is rare. Nicknamed the stinking corpse lily, its Indonesian moniker bunga bangkai (carcass flower ...
The rare flower is found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. LONDON -- Rafflesia, the flower species which contains some of the world’s largest flowers, is at risk of extinction, scientists ...
Rafflesia flower: One species of the flower is currently classed as "critically endangered", according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Most species of the famously large ...
This produces a foul scent of rotting meat to attract pollinating flies, earning it the alternative name 'corpse flower.' With such an elusive lifecycle, Rafflesia remains poorly understood ...
MANILA, Philippines — The rare bloom of a Rafflesia – the world’s largest flower with a distinctive rotten odor – has added to the allure of the Aliwagwag Protected Landscape in Cateel ...
The West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) officers measure a Rafflesia flower found in Agam, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (ANTARA/ HO-BKSDA Sumbar) The West Sumatra Natural Resources ...
A man poses behind an example of Rafflesia tuan-mudae at Guning Gading National Park in August 2008, demonstrating the scale of the large flower. (Image via Wikipedia) PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) — ...
KOTA KINABALU: It is the season of Rafflesia bloom in Sabah’s foothills of Mount Kinabalu. The latest flowering was seen at the Poring Rafflesia Conservation Centre in Kinabalu Park, which ...