Rafflesia
Arnoldi
Rafflesia Arnoldi is a rare
flower that is well known because of the size of the flower’s petals and
the small of rotten meat that it gives
out. This enormous and rare flower grows in the forest of Southeast Asia ,
including the Philippines. Its large flower can grow to 3 meters in diameters
and weigh up to 11 kilograms. It doesn’t have any leaves , stem or roots and
because of lacking chlorophylls this plant can not photosynthesis making it a
parasite , living on other plants nutrition. The flower has five petals red in
color and has white spots , which surrounds the middle of the flower much like
a hole. At the base of the flower there is a part which has needles and
contains the reproduction parts of the flower. Rafflesia Arnoldi reproduces
with the help of flies that are attracted to the flowers smell (which some
observers say smells much like bad meat and rotten eggs mixed). The flower only
lasts for five to seven days and then dies.
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