Rafflesia speciosa belongs to medium-sized Rafflesia with a flower diameter of up to 22 inches (56 cm). Whitish warts appear like "rice…
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Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It contains approximately 28 species (including four incompletely characterized species as recognized by Willem Meijer in 1997), all found in southeastern Asia, in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. It was first discovered by Louis Deschamps in Java between 1791 and 1794.
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Rafflesia kerrii is a parasite to the wild grapes of the genus Tetrastigma, but only the flowers are visible. Small buds appear along the…
Rafflesia arnoldii (Corpse Flower) is a flowering plant that produces the largest flower on earth. The flower grows up to 3.3 feet (1 m)…