Rafflesia giant flower
Rafflesia is the world's largest flower. Among the heaviest and most rare flowers in the world, the Rafflesia flower grows to 1 meter and weighs about 10 kg, the habitat of this plant in Sumatra, Indonesia. Interestingly, Ravilia is a parasite that has no leaves or stems Or roots, so this plant absorbs nutrients only from the host in which it lives.
Rafflesia flower is a large five-year-old flower with a diameter of up to 106 cm and a weight of up to 10 kg, a flower of Rafflesia aged 5-7 days. The color of the petals is reddened with some white spots. The smell of the Rafflesia flower attracts flies, After nine months of maturity, the flowers of Rafflesia flower bloom, and the sexual organs of this flower are located under the rim of the disc
Facts about. Flower of Rafflesia
Rafflesia Flower is the largest single flower in the world.
Rafflesia flower is a parasitic flower and derives its food from the host, and grows only in the rainforest without hindrance, to get water and nutrients.
Rafflesia named after the adventurer and founder of the British colony in Singapore, Sir Stamford Raffles.
The name of Dr. Arnold is also mentioned in the name of this type of plant as its name is Rafflesia Arnoldi.
The flower of Rafflesia is the flower of the official state of Malaysia, as well as in Surat Thani province of Thailand.
Rafflesia Manilana is the smallest species of Rafflesia with a diameter of 20 cm.
There are two species of Rafflesia flowers male and female
Rafflesia flower weighing 10 kg
Forest mammals and tree ferns feed on Rafflesia fruit, which is 15 cm in diameter. It is full of soft meat and thousands of small seeds coated.
The rotten smell emitted by the Rafflesia flower is due to the reddish triangle located inside the corolla in the petals.
Rafflesia is an endangered species.
Rafflesia Arnoldi does not contain chlorophyll found in all green plants and can not undergo photosynthesis.
Because the Rafflesia flower is one of the most rare plants on earth, it has been studied since 1929, and the researchers tried to plant the plant artificially, but all experiments ended in failure.
Rafflesia flower is also one of the most disgusting plants in the world, smells like rotting meat or manure.
This plant exists in a few numbers in Sumatra, Borneo, Thailand and the Philippines, struggling to survive against unsightly humans.
Rafflesia flower seeds are hard to grow, and they spend their entire lives as parasites.
Rafflesia flower of endangered plants
After a few years, the plant eventually breaks the bud of the flower, swells over several months and then the flowers bloom, but most of the flower buds die before blooming, and even after flowering it does not last very long and its flowers last only for a few days, Is that male and female flowers are very rare and it may be a miracle to find a couple ready to be vaccinated across each other.
There are at least 13 species of Rafflesia flowers, but two of them have not existed since World War II and are assumed to have become extinct. Rafflesia Arnoldi's flower is threatened with extinction. To make matters worse, no one is planting a Rafflesia flower in a garden or laboratory.
Despite all these threats to this species of plants, some efforts to establish a research center and introduce laws for greater protection and flowering in the world, as in Malaysia and other Central Asian countries a few years ago, are welcome
OMG! a 10 KG Flower, that's almost as much as a 1 year old baby.
and that thing is scary.
Yes ... and also feed on meat and insects
That is huge
Nice post