The world’s largest flower is Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! Repost • @sciencechannel The rafflesia has no stems, no leaves, and no roots. The largest flower on Earth is a holoparasite of vines that smells like rotting flesh and can weigh up to 22 lb. Holoparasites cannot complete their life-cycle without exploiting a suitable host. Once it does, it will begin spreading its absorptive organ

A man came across a rare corpse flower in the wild while walking through a forest in Indonesia. The flower, whose scientific name is the rafflesia arnoldii, is the largest in the world and one of the rarest, as it only fully blooms for a 4-day window. It is colloquially known as a corpse flower, for the overpoweringly stinky odor it emits while mid-bloom. | NowThis

The stinking corpse Lily has always been one of my favorite flowers, not only because I find its appearance delightful but also because of how fascinating it is as a plant and parasite . The Harvard journal article on it is quite good and I highly suggest the read. I wasn't even able to fit all of the fascinating biological facts I learned about it in this video. I plan on going more into the build itself in a bit of a longer video, but I was too excited not to share this short 😁🌸🪰 So may I p