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Rafflesia

Rafflesia arnoldii

Photo by PaulMcK
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Description:

aka the corpse flower, this one was particularly smelly but had been damaged by falling branches

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Comments (6)
Chicquita
It is a common mistake that people think that Rafflesia Flower is Corpse Flower. Scientific name for Corpse Flower is Amorphophalllus titanum. Have a look at my spotting at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/8090388 :)
Dan Doucette
oh right, I guess I should have read your description first, oopps, but I did call it! Rafflesia's are always worth it!
PaulMcK
no problem, yea, there was a branch lying on it when we found it. It was a long days trek but worth it, I'd do it again
Dan Doucette
thanks for the reference Paul. this rafflesia looks like its about to open or is having trouble opening. sometimes a branch falls on the bud whiles its developing and causes problems.
PaulMcK
heres a second pic of the same flower to give you an idea of scale, and check out this dandoucette's pics, plenty of examples of rafflesias http://www.projectnoah.org/users/dandoucette
jo.deleon14
Wow I've always wanted to see one in person. How big was this one that you saw?
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PublishedApril 12, 2011

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