Rainforest Rafflesia Corpse Flower

The rafflesia can weigh up to 10kg and grow to over a meter in diameter.
Rainforest rafflesia corpse flower. Although there are some plants with larger flowering organs like the titan arum amorphophallus titanum and talipot palm corypha. Rafflesia arnoldii the largest flower in the world is the rare blood red rafflesia arnoldii known as largest individual flower on earth which can grow to 3 feet 90 centimeters across and weigh up to 24 pounds 11 kilos found growing on the jungle floor in the rainforests of indonesia malaya borneo sumatra and the philippines. They are parasitic plants that grow on tetrastigma vines which grow only in undisturbed rainforests.
Rafflesia arnoldii is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus rafflesia it is noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth. It is native to the rainforests of sumatra and borneo. No roots or leaves can be spotted as it is a parasitic plant and may even give off a pungent odour of rotting flesh when in bloom and hence its nickname the corpse flower.
Physical description and smell. With the largest flower in the world and an obnoxious smell of rotten flesh the rafflesia arnoldii also known as the corpse flower plant is unique in every way possible this plant is a complete parasite lacking roots stems and leaves of any kind but lives attached to its host plant with flowers visible on the surface of the host plant as the only. The rafflesia is a unique and mysteriously alluring plant.
Rafflesia flower is the largest single flower in the world. It grows only in the jungles of sumatra indonesia and each f.