Two of the rare and endemic flowers of Indonesia, the Rafflesia arnoldii, have reached full bloom at the Taba Penanjung Nature Sanctuary in Central Bengkulu District, Bengkulu province. Two of the ...

A man poses behind an example of Rafflesia tuan-mudae at Guning Gading National Park in August 2008, demonstrating the scale of the large flower. (Image via Wikipedia) PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) — ...

The giant Rafflesia tuan-mudae -- a fleshy red flower with white blister-like spots on its enormous petals -- came in at a whopping 111 centimetres in diameter. Indonesian conservationists say they’ve ...

A giant Rafflesia, the largest flower species in the country, was spotted recently in a protected area in South Cotabato. Personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-SOCCSKSARGEN ...

After a 13-year quest, scientists discovered the extremely rare Rafflesia hasseltii flower in Sumatra's rainforests. This giant, parasitic bloom, which only lasts about a week, was found by Dr. Chris ...

Some of the world's giant flowers, those of the parasitic plant genus Rafflesia, can reach up to a meter and a half in diameter. Therefore, what could be more impressive about them are 'dwarves' such ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The plant with the world's largest flower -- typically a full meter across, with a bud the size of a basketball -- evolved from a family of plants whose blossoms are nearly all ...

When fully expanded, Rafflesia consueloae, a newly discovered species of Rafflesia, has an average diameter of 9.73 cm, making it the tiniest Rafflesia in the world, researchers say. Only two ...

Rafflesia, which smells like rotting flesh, is facing habitat loss. By Laura Baisas Published Sep 25, 2023 2:15 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

The stinky heavyweight of the floral world never quite fit in with the other plants, until now. And oddly, a group of scientists have decided that the bizarre desk-sized bloom belongs to a plant ...