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Rafflesia keithii
Rafflesia keithii is a parasitic flowering plant in the genus Rafflesia endemic to Sabah in Borneo. The flowers can grow up to one metre in diameter. It is named after Henry (Harry) George Keith, former Conservator of Forests in North Borneo (now Sabah).
Spotted on Dec 13, 2012
Submitted on Dec 16, 2012
20 Comments
Perfect flower - nice spotting!
Thanks for the comment guys.... Hope you guys like the pictures.... :)
wonderful find and photos :)
Wow! Congrats on finding it
Im also interested in taking pics of the arnoldii and pricei as well S Frazier...
Hope i can travel back to the Philippines again to have a look at either on of them. Good thing is, im half filipino, so i can stay there as long as i want. Hehehehe...
Fantastic!! I've always wanted to see one of these in the wild. By some measures, the "genus" (occurring in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Thailand and the Philippines) has the world's largest flower (Rafflesia arnoldii) too.
Nice spotting1
Thank you Hema. I really was surprised with the comments and likes... :-)
Ronaldo, I think he means marvellous flower,congratulations for the spotting.
Hugo : Sorry Hugo, i dont understand your comment, but hope its a good comment!
Thanks guys for the comment! I really appreciate it! This keithii was about 80 centimetres in length, so it is quite large... :-)
Very interesting, great spot!
Looks amazing!
maravillosa, que flor tan bella, felicidades por encontrarla
It's an amazing flower. Congrats, Ronald. It look really big.
great finding..
Nice but smells horrible!
WOW! Fabulous RonaldLo
Wonderful!!!
Penampang has some??? hmmm... i've seen most keithii's here in Poring Hotsprings... really nice ones...
I seen this a few miles out of Penampang back in 2003.. very interesting plant.