What Makes The Rafflesia Flower Endangered. This flower is a parasitic primary consumer. This means that the flowers of a rafflesia plant either have male sex organs or female sex organs, but not both, as is the case with many plants.
On top of that, it has listed 101 species and 99 subspecies as. Rafflesias have their stamens and pistils fused together in a central column, producing a corona, or crown, in the shape of a ring. Everything about the rafflesia’s life cycle makes them very rare.
It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth.
Research published in 2014 revealed that one philippine rafflesia species from the island of luzon, r. This genus has 28 species and can measure up to 1 meter in diameter (rafflesia arnoldii) and weights up to 10 kg. Second is its odd nature. It has listed 3654 endangered plant species.