About RAFFLESIA ARNOLDI
RAFFLESIA ARNOLDI is a florist, located at Island Of Sumatra, Bengkulu, Bengkulu
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The Rafflesia flower is the largest flowering plant of all the world. Named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, he was the leader of an expedition into the Indonesian Rainforest back in 1818 when a local guide working for Dr Joseph Arnold discovered the huge flower in Bengkulu. In all there are 27 species of Rafflesia the largest being Rafflesia Arnoldii which can measure over 100 cms in diameter and weigh up to 10kgs.
The first thing anyone notices about this flower is not it's size but the awful smell it emits as you approach. The smell, akin to that of rotting flesh, is used to attract pollinating insects. It is also known as the "corpse flower". Growing as a parasite on vines the plant has no stem or leaves but has root type structures which grow in the tissues of the host vine, the flower being the only visible part outside.
