Rafflesia Arnoldii Flower Images. The term rafflesia is popularly used to denote the flower of rafflesia arnoldii. Being known as the largest individual flower on earth, the plant can reach up to 105 centimeters in.
One species has the largest flowers in the world.the genus contains approximately 28 species (including four incompletely characterized species as recognized in 1997 by willem meijer in the. Picture by peacorx 0 / 20 rafflesia stock photography by matejh 0 / 20 rafflesia flower blossoming pictures by dinozzaver 0 / 13 red blooming rafflesia the biggest flower in the world. 10+ vectors, stock photos & psd files.
It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth with a very strong and unpleasant odour of decaying flesh, to attract flies and beetles to pollinate it, earning it the nickname 'corpse flower'.
Rafflesia arnoldii is a parasitic plant that exists as strands of tissues inside the vines of the host plant. It is also one of the stinkiest flowers in the world. Scientific name is rafflesia kerrii, rafflesia arnoldii, stinking corpse flower. The flowers of rafflesia arnoldii, commonly called the corpse lily, a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus rafflesia.