News Headline
Smallest of giant flowers ‘accidentally’ discovered in the Philippines
Source
Mongabay.com
Publication Date
2016-03-02
In the rainforests of southeastern Asia, a parasitic plant called Rafflesia produces the world’s largest flowers. Some Rafflesia flowers, for instance, can be a meter and a half in diameter, and can weigh up to 22 pounds (or 10 kilograms). These flowers, called “corpse flower” locally, often smell like rotting flesh.