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Rafflesia

Rafflesia arnoldii

Description:

Partially opened Rafflesia flower and an unopened flower.

Habitat:

In the jungle of West Sumatra

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14 Comments

situs_hijau
situs_hijau 9 years ago

This is from my country... bengkulu, indonesia
My rafflesia pic: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/...
or (http://gomumu.blogspot.com/2014/10/bu......) and Amorphopallus (http://gomumu.blogspot.com/2014/10/Bu......)

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 10 years ago

Hi travellingchez. Your spotting is featured in the new PN blog post via a link! Cheers
http://projectnoah.tumblr.com/post/58511...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 10 years ago

Hello. Since this is a Sumatra spotting, I've removed it from the Java mission. Cheers

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Awesome !!!

Seema
Seema 10 years ago

interesting

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Must be exciting to spot this inthe wild!

achmmad
achmmad 11 years ago

Thanks for spotting for this parasitic plants!

travellingchez
travellingchez 11 years ago

Thanks for the welcome Dandoucette. Still have to learn how I can add the links etc to the picture.

@ Jolly if you see the flower before it's fully open it doesn't smell. It's only when insects start rotting inside it that it starts to smell.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Nice spotting! Rafflesia's are my favorite flower. I've been lucky enough to see 5 different species in my travels, though it hasn't been easy! I've changed this to the Plants category, because even though it is a parasite, it is still in the plant kingdom. I've also added a wiki link and put it in The Color Red and Plants of the World Missions. Welcome to Project Noah.

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

Yes, would love to see it someday - your photo really highlights the textures quite beautifully - the petals look velvety on the upper surface and pitted on the lower side - nice !

Zulkifly Amir
Zulkifly Amir 11 years ago

wahhh... indonesia also have this flower... great...!!

nice timing.. i wonder hows the petal open, from that 2nd pic you have... =D

Jolly Ibañez
Jolly Ibañez 11 years ago

Nice spotting. Would really love to see this plant even if it stinks!

travellingchez
travellingchez 11 years ago

Only took me 7 years to get my timing right.lol

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 11 years ago

WOW! M
This is one flower that I would really love to see for myself. Lucky you!

travellingchez
Spotted by
travellingchez

Sumatera Barat, Indonesia

Spotted on Apr 22, 2012
Submitted on Apr 22, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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