World’s largest flower spotted in Indonesia
The biggest specimen ever of one of the world’s largest flowers have been spotted by Indonesian conservationists, local media reported.
Hanoi (VNA) – The biggest specimen ever of one
of the world’s largest flowers have been spotted by Indonesian conservationists, local media
reported.
The giant Rafflesia tuan-mudae - a fleshy red flower with white blister-like spots on its enormous petals - came in at a whopping 111cm in diameter.
That's bigger than the previous record of 107cm on a bloom also found in the jungles of West Sumatra several years ago.
This is the largest Rafflesia tuan-mudae that has ever been documented, said Ade Putra at the Agam Conservation Agency in Sumatra.
The flower's bloom will only last about one week before it will wither and rot, he added.
It was named Rafflesia after British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles who spotted one in Indonesia in the early 19th Century.
The species grows in several Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines where a 100cm specimen was recorded.
The parasitic bloom, sometimes referred to as corpse flower, mimics the stench of rotting meat to attract insects.
Sharing that noxious smell is Indonesia's Amorphophallus titanum, a phallus-shaped flower that can reach heights of up to 3m./.
The giant Rafflesia tuan-mudae - a fleshy red flower with white blister-like spots on its enormous petals - came in at a whopping 111cm in diameter.
That's bigger than the previous record of 107cm on a bloom also found in the jungles of West Sumatra several years ago.
This is the largest Rafflesia tuan-mudae that has ever been documented, said Ade Putra at the Agam Conservation Agency in Sumatra.
The flower's bloom will only last about one week before it will wither and rot, he added.
It was named Rafflesia after British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles who spotted one in Indonesia in the early 19th Century.
The species grows in several Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines where a 100cm specimen was recorded.
The parasitic bloom, sometimes referred to as corpse flower, mimics the stench of rotting meat to attract insects.
Sharing that noxious smell is Indonesia's Amorphophallus titanum, a phallus-shaped flower that can reach heights of up to 3m./.
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