Some flower species, like the stinking corpse lily in Indonesia, exude a smell like rotting flesh to attract pollen-carrying ...

The Rafflesia keithii flower weighs between 10kg and 20kg each, while the Rafflesia pricei is 3kg to 7kg each, but both have five petals, he added. Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering ...

KOTA KINABALU: A rare species of the Rafflesia parasitic flowering plant called the Rafflesia keithii has been found in the Silabukan forest reserve, some 50km east of Sabah’s eastern Lahad Datu ...

KOTA KINABALU (July 14): A Sabah Forestry Department stumbled upon a Rafflesia keithii in full bloom while conducting a forest inventory in the Silabukan Forest Reserve, some 50 km east of Lahad Datu.

Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii), Borneo. This plant has no stem or leaves, instead it is a parasite on a vine. By feeding on its host, rafflesia is able to produce the world's biggest flower, a ...

KOTA KINABALU: Forestry researchers have found a rare species of the Rafflesia parasitic flowering plant called the Rafflesia keithii in the Silabukan forest reserve, some 50km east of Sabah’s ...

Rafflesia, one of the greatest botanical enigmas, has aroused curiosity among scientists for centuries.The plant is a parasite that infects tropical vines in jungles across Southeast Asia (Brunei ...

Rafflesia keithii bloom, approximately 80 cm in diameter. Steve Cornish (cornstaruk) from Marlow, UK. It’s a flower, No – it’s a parasite ...

Rafflesia kemumu in the rainforest of Sumatra. Chris Thorogood. Most plants in the parasitic genus Rafflesia—which contains the world’s largest flower—may be at risk of extinction, new ...