Photos: The world’s biggest flower, with odour of decaying flesh, blooms in Indonesia
A video of a giant flower named Rafflesia, considered the world’s largest, has gathered thousands of views on social media. The clip was filmed by a man walking through a forest, NowThis reported.
Rafflesia Arnoldi is found in the rainforests of Sumatra, an Indonesian island. It is also called “corpse flower” because it gives off the odour of decaying flesh. (Image credit: AFP)
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The flower is named after British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles, who chanced upon it in the Island of Borneo in 1818. The island is shared by Malaysia, Indonesian and Brunei. (Image credit: AFP)
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In 2020, conservationists in Indonesia discovered the biggest specimen of the flower in Maninjau nature preserve situated in Agam in West Sumatra. (Image credit: AFP)
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The flower had a diameter of 3.6 feet and was covered in big white spots. (Image credit: AFP)
