Rafflesia Flower
Rafflesia arnoldii
is thought to be the largest flower on the planet. The flower itself
does not have a structural stem, leaves, or roots. But what it does have
is the pungent odors of decomposing flesh, hence the nickname corpse
flower. It grows three feet in diameter, and weighs up to 24 pounds. The
Rafflesia is parasitic, growing on the Tetrastigma vine in the forests
of Borneo and Sumatra.
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