Rafflesia flower
The rafflesia flower is the largest flower in the world. It may reach one meter in diameter and weigh 12 kilograms. It is a rare plant and difficult to come across, as it grows for 9 months before it blooms for only five days and then dies.
Rare features
In addition to having the largest flower in the world, the Rafflesia plant grows without leaves, without roots, and without a stem. It is a parasitic vascular flower that feeds on other plants. It resembles a fungus that grows in the form of filamentous strips of tissue immersed in the cells of the host and completely adjacent to it.
The bright red flower in Indonesia has grown to a size of more than three feet (117 cm), making it one of the largest flowers in the world. It is called "Rafflesia tuan-mudae" and has large petals in the Indonesian rainforest. The flower was measured in... The natural reserve forest in the village of Maramboang Nagarai Barini in West Sumatra, Indonesia, before it died after only one week, according to the British newspaper Daily Mail. Below we present a set of information about this flower as follows:
1- The flower size of Rafflesia tuan-mudae is more than three feet (117 cm).
2- It is one of the largest flowers in the world.
3- Rafflesia is the name of a large group of plants that smell of rotting flesh to attract flies and lime beetles.
4- It is among the largest flowers ever.
5- It lives as a parasite on vines, but only blooms for a few days at a time.
6- Flies gather on it in large swarms because of the unpleasant smell, and they pollinate the flower during its short life.
7- All Rafflesia plants emit the smell of rotting meat, but this discovered species has a relatively mild smell.
8- In 2017, the same flower was found with a diameter of only 107 cm.
9- This flower is relatively the largest of the 31 species of Rafflesia flowers in the world.
It is worth noting that the island of Sumatra, where the flower was discovered, is located at the westernmost point of the main Indonesian islands, to the northwest of the island of Java and to the southwest of the Malay Peninsula. It is about 1,700 km long and 400 km wide, and the equator passes near its center. It has a suitable climate for the growth of these types of flowers.
It is found only in Southeast Asia, specifically Malaysia, and is threatened with extinction
The Rafflesia flower is one of the rarest plants in the world and is on the verge of extinction. It is difficult to find it and see it in bloom in the rainforests where it is endemic. The buds need months to grow, while the flower remains for several days before it fades, and the flower can only be seen when it is ready to reproduce.
When the flower is ready to reproduce, a small bud forms on the outside of the stem or root and develops for a year. The cabbage-like head opens to form the flower, which secretes unpleasant odors that attract flies and lime beetles that pollinate the flowers.
Because the flower is unisexual, insects must visit both flowers - male and female - for pollination to occur. Here, the male must be close to the female, so insemination is rare.
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