Rafflesia arnodii

Raffesia arnoldii

It  is a plant rafflesia genre, found in the rainforest of Indonesia and malaysia was found in 1.818.



Characteristics: It  can measure a meter of diameter and more than 11 kilos which makes it the largest flower in the world. It is a red color and orange flower.
A particular characteristic is that the plant smells very bad and it also give off heat.







Reproduction:This flower is pollinated by flies which feed by carrion, they are been attract by bad smell.
 So it needs a cross polination. It means that is an hermaphrodite flower because have both parts, female and male.



THIS IS THE PARTS OF MY PLANT


It is an hermaphrodite flower because it has both male and female organ as we can see at the picture. 


Fun facts of my plant:


-The Rafflesia Arnoldii blossoms is the biggest, largest and even the stinky flower in the world. 

-It has5 flower petals

-It takes about nine months for the flower to bloom and it can only last for a week.

-The  Rafflesia may be the heavyweight champion among blooms, but it is also extremely shy and temperamental

-The parasitic plant has no root or stem and grows inside its host, a Tetrasigma vine, which is of the grape family.

-There are 20 Rafflesia species in the world, with Malaysia and Indonesia having eight species each.

-When a Rafflesia flower blooms, it emits an overpowering scent of rotten meat.

 This is the real size of this flower comparing with an human been