Rafflesia, the worlds largest Flower
Flowers are the colourful part of our life, they decorate the world, marriages are made with flowers , lovers are not there without flowers , we find lots of flowers did you ever imagine which could be the world's largest flower , hey did you start thinking what it is ? any guesses from you , i could hear you saying Sunflower !! no it isn't . World's largest flower is Rafflesia which is mostly found in Indonesian Rain forest.
- Rafflesia is the National Flower of Indonesia
- Rafflesia Arnoldii is the world's largest flower
- You can find this flower mostly in Thailand and Philippine in Indonesia
- This flower got its name as Sir Thomas Stanford Raffles has discovered in 1818.
- This plant has no stem or roots ,it is a parasite depending on other plants
- Rafflesia can be as large as 100 cms in diameter
- Rafflesia can weigh upto 10 kgs
- Rafflesia has soothing fragrance while it is a bud
- It smells horrible like a rotten meat when it becomes flower
- Biological name of this flower is Rafflesia Arnoldii
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Rafflesia, the worlds largest Flower
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I am heard that world largest flower is AMORPHOPHALUS TITANUM / BLUE WHALE OF BOTANY which one is right?
Looks like some artificial lighting show piece...But it's a flower...:)
Thanks for sharing!
Amorphophalus is the largest unbranched inflorescence and rafflesia is the largest single flower
WOW.. this is amazing its BIGGGGGGGGGg
Bikram's
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