Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants, containing 15 (19 if you count four unverified species) species, which live in Southeast Asia (in the Malay peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Philippines) and in the Brazilian Amazon. Rafflesia plants have leaves and almost no stalk; They consist mainly of a five petal flower with a diameter greater than 106 cm and weighing more than 10 kg approximately, although the species he most small, the Rafflesia manillaza, has flowers of about 20 cm in diameter. The flowers smell of rotting meat and often attract flies; its fruit is eaten by the tree shrew and the forest animals, usually grow in high humidity environments. The Rafflesia is the official flower of the State of Sabah, Malaysia, as well as the Thailand of Surat Thani province. It is the second largest world source Flower: Wikipedia society Argentina of horticulture.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:44:17 +0000
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