Vileplume #45

“Rafflesia, or stinking corpse lily, is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae.The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.” -Wikipedia

Rafflesia arnoldii flowers in Bengkulu, Indonesia

SofianRafflesia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Replica of Rafflesia flower displayed in Philippine National Museum

Julan Shirwod Nueva (CC BY-SA 4.0)