2006-08-27 19:04:41 · 12 answers · asked by taurus23 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
The flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It attaches itself to a host plant to obtain water and nutrients. When in bloom, the Rafflesia emits a repulsive odor, similar to that of rotting meat. This odor attracts insects that pollinate the plant.
2006-08-27 19:08:44 · answer #1 · answered by sunshine25 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THE RAFFLESIA...
The species Rafflesia arnoldii has the world's largest single flower. It was discovered in the Indonesian rain forest by an Indonesian guide working for Dr. Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.
Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It contains 15-19 species (including four incompletely known species as recognized by Meijer 1997), all found in southeastern Asia, on the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and Kalimantan, West Malaysia, and the Philippines. The flowers have no leaves and hardly any stem, just a huge speckled five-petaled flower with a diameter up to 106 cm, and weighing up to 10 kg. Even the smallest species, R. manillana, has 20 cm diameter flowers. The flowers smell like rotting meat, hence its local names which translate to "corpse flower" or "meat flower". The vile smell that the flower gives off can sometimes attract flies. It is parasitic on vines in the genus Tetrastigma (Vitaceae), spreading its roots inside the vine. The fruit is eaten by tree shrews and other forest mammals. Rafflesia is an official state flower of Sabah in Malaysia, as well as for the Surat Thani Province, Thailand.
2006-08-28 02:24:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Rafflesia is the largest flower in the world.
2006-08-28 02:42:54 · answer #3 · answered by jrealitytv 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is the largest flower in the world? (Everyday Mysteries: Fun ...The Rafflesia arnoldii is the world's largest flower. Photograph by Harry Wiriadinata and Suwito Alam from article in Voice of Nature, v. ...
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2006-08-28 02:13:21 · answer #4 · answered by strange_raga 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Amorphophallus titanum is the largest flowering plant in the world. Watch our plant bloom online at this website Corpse flower at Quail Botanical Gardens
The common name is "Titan" because it grows so big. Another name is "Mr. Stinky" because when it blooms it emits an odor which exactly mimics those of rotting flesh. This putrid order attracts carrion beetles that pollinate the flower.
After seven years, our plant grew its first flower. The flower may grow up to 4 feet wide and 7 feet tall. And it usually grows up to half a foot per day. Ours opened 55 inches tall, and over 40 inches wide.
2006-08-28 02:25:48 · answer #5 · answered by mallimalar_2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rafflesia
2006-08-28 02:53:25 · answer #6 · answered by J.BLACK..... 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
worlds largest flower is "Rafflesia"
In botanical terms it is known as an parasite
it has avery bad smell like rotten flesh..
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2006-08-28 02:10:23 · answer #7 · answered by govind 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the largest flower in the world is reflasia.it is found in indonesia.
2006-08-28 02:07:14 · answer #8 · answered by quester 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corps flower. Smells like rotten flesh. Youch...
2006-08-28 03:24:52 · answer #9 · answered by Cosmos 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rafflesia...it takes 10 years to bloom and when it finally blooms, it stinks like decaying meat
2006-08-28 02:09:54 · answer #10 · answered by pooh_the_science_ufo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋