Text below extracted from Gunung Gading National Park’s official website
Have you ever seen Borneo’s unique flower?
The genus Rafflesia is a group of parasitic plants that are classified within the family of Rafflesiaceae, together with one other genus (Rhizanthes) in Southeast Asia.
The entire Rafflesia plant consists of a single flower devoid of leaf, stem or roots. The five thick, fleshy petals are red and covered with lighter coloured spots, warts, and blotches. When in full bloom, the flower emits a faint carrion-like odour which attracts flies and other insects also the plant only flowers for 4 to 6 days only.
Measureing at approximately 55cm diameter, this flower was documented at Day 3, and smells vaguely of fermented fish.
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