Alongside their rarity, size and unusual appearance, it is the strange lifestyle of Rafflesias that make them so fascinating. The cabbage like bud of the Rafflesia lies apparently 'dormant' for up to 16 months before blooming. For example, the weight of arnoldi rafflesia can be up toten kilograms, and the diameter of the opened bud - up to a meter. By Jeanna Bryner 11 January 2007. World's Largest Flower Finally Finds Home. A Rafflesia flower can grow up to a metre in diameter, and the biggest can weigh up to 7kg. Thus it is a headline-making story. The size of the flowers depends on the type of plant. It has a very strong and unpleasant odour of decaying flesh, earning it the nickname "corpse flower".It is endemic to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo.

This was a sign posted by the Malaysian University. This was the first Rafflesia flower we came across that day.

Color - brownish-reddish, with large white spots.

The Rafflesia flower extends nearly 3 feet across and can weigh up to 15 lbs. It produces the world's largest flower, which measures up to 3 feet across and weighs 15 pounds, according to the Library of Congress. The patm is much smaller - only thirty centimeters. There are 13 species of Rafflesia remaining. The World’s Largest Flower – Rafflesia. There are 20 Rafflesia species in the world, with Malaysia and Indonesia having eight species each. Approximately 17 species of rafflesia exist. Shares. Rafflesia arnoldii, commonly called the corpse lily or stinking corpse lily, is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia.It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth.

One of them was over three feet in diameter! They come through this jungle area periodically to track the Rafflesia flowers. Native to rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, the flower can be up to … ... What makes this so special is its size. Despite having such a huge flower, the parasitic plant has no root or stem and grows inside its host, a Tetrasigma vine, which is of the grape family. Among all of the large flowers, Rafflesia arnoldi produces the largest single bloom.

A woman leans over a rafflesia flower, which can reach three feet in … The only visible part of the plant is a single flower that has no leaves, stems or roots.

Sounds like an alien invasion right?

It produces no roots, stems or leaves.

After taking over the host plant, the rafflesia flower bursts through the host plant. I figured it was best to grab a shot with someone next to it just to show its sheer size. The rafflesia, a parasitic plant, lives only on the tetrastigma vine in the jungles of Sumatra and Borneo.

The Rafflesia is a totally parasitic flower.

The diameter of the colors of the Rafflesia rhizantes and saprias ranges from 10 to 20 cm.