A Rafflesia Flower ... Not Smell Good

The Value of Rafflesia Flowers Rafflesia the largest carnivorous flower in the world has many inconceivable usage.

A rafflesia flower ... not smell good. Take Rafflesia tuan-mudae for example a flower more commonly known as the stinking corpse lily or corpse flowerPeople who. Also known as burning bush shrub it is not a common plant and youll rarely come across it in the this flowering shrub deserves the number one spot when it comes to best scented flowers that smell. They emit an odor of rotting meat to attract the flies and hopefully that fly has been making the Rafflesia rounds in order to spread the pollen.

It takes 27 hours for the flower to open. Rafflesia arnoldi which can grow up to 150 cm in diameter is the largest flower in the world. The Rafflesia flower is known for being huge leathery and speckled five-petaled flower.

The flowers are not just famous for their size but also their smell. For Terengganu the flower of Rafflesia Cantleyi species can be found in Kuala Berang. There are more things that you might not know about the Rafflesia flower.

The Titan Arum another stinky flower is also called the corpse flower but these two plants should not be confused Rafflesia arnoldii is the largest individual flower on earth. And can weigh up to 10 kg. The smell from the Rafflesia flower is to attract the insects and flies to enable pollination of the flower.

It is the official state flower of Indonesia. The smell of Rafflesia is more intense than Titan Arum which makes it one of the worst smelling flowers in the world. Despite its bad smell and carnivorous habit it can be used in the food medicine or be given the mysterious meaning.

In short a parasitic life heavily specialized biological requirements a long time to bloom inherent rareness make the rafflesia. However some species of Rafflesia smell like roadkill others for only a few hours while a few smaller species barely smell at all. Furthermore two locations in Pahang where this flower can be found are Lembah Benum forest reserve and Lata Jarum.