A Rafflesia Flower Not Smell Good. The rafflesia blooms only once a year and this event is usually well received by all. Considered one of the rarest in the world not only for its gigantic petals but also for the putrid smell it emits to attract pollinators and prey, the genus rafflesia is endemic in malaysia, thailand, indonesia and the philippines.
All the members of the genus rafflesia produce the massive flowers and it is ultimately not a shock if the smallest are the size of. But when the flower blooms, the noticeable stinky smell spreads. They learn to appreciate the value of taking their time to ensure that they do a good job.
Once it blooms it releases a smell not unlike rotten meat.
Rafflesia flower habitat includes the primary and secondary rainforests of malaysia, sumatra, java, southern thailand, borneo and southern philippines. Because the rafflesia does not have a chloroplast genome (lacks chlorophyll), it is incapable of photosynthesis. One rafflesia arnoldii can be 1 meter diameter and 11 kg in weight. And, to the human nose, not in a good way: