LONDON -- Rafflesia, the flower species which contains some of the world’s largest flowers, is at risk of extinction, scientists have warned in a new study. The study, co-authored by botanists ...

Rafflesia are so remarkable that they challenge our notion of what a flower even is. Their parasitic lifestyle, and the fact that they don't even have the gene necessary to achieve the functions ...

As their giant petals open, the blooming of flowers in the genus Rafflesia brings with them an overwhelming odor mimics the smell of rotting flesh. While their pungent stink might keep humans away ...

Rafflesia kemumu in the rainforest of Sumatra. Chris Thorogood. Most plants in the parasitic genus Rafflesia—which contains the world’s largest flower—may be at risk of extinction, new ...

Rafflesia, one of the greatest botanical enigmas, has aroused curiosity among scientists for centuries.The plant is a parasite that infects tropical vines in jungles across Southeast Asia (Brunei ...

Finding a Rafflesia in full bloom just beside the jungle trail. Based in Lojing, Kelantan – a misty village 1,500m above sea level – he’s spent years trailing these floral giants.

The Rafflesia flower stays open only for a period of 5 to 7 days. The flower produces a rotten smell. This is because of the reddish tentacle-like part in the corolla of the petals.

Most species of the famously large Rafflesia flower, which has long captured the imagination with its enormous speckled red petals, are now at risk of extinction, new research warned Wednesday ...

New study finds that most Rafflesia species, which produce the world’s largest flowers, face extinction. Lack of protection at local, national, and international levels means that remaining ...