Botany or Plant Biology question: Do you have facts about the giant rafflesia? yes it is not a mammal but is does not bother about food at all.
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This floral giant developed from a tuber measuring 6 feet (2 m) in circumference and weighing over 100 pounds (46 kg). A related family of parasitic flowering plants (the Rafflesiaceae) contains the "stinking corpse lily" (Rafflesia arnoldii), the world's largest individual flower and truly a wonder of the plant kingdom.
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Rafflesia; Rafflesia arnoldii is the largest, solitary, fleshy flower in the world. It is a parasitic plant that grows on the lower slopes of mountain ranges, in certain areas of South-east Asia. Giant Orchid ; Grammatophyllum speciosum The name grammatophyllum is derived from a Greek word, gramen - grass,
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Rafflesia plants present a similar puzzle. They boast the world's largest known flowers. With buds the size of basketballs and Rafflesia plants, with their giant blooms, are parasites. With no true roots or leaves of their own, they live off of a plant in the grapevine family. One flower may weigh up to 15 pounds.
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History of Bogor Botanic Garden The giant Rafflesia flower had been in the Garden up until the war, at which time it disappeared and since then the gardeners have sadly been unable to introduce it.
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Jul 24, 2008 A rare Rafflesia is seen in flower in the rain forest near the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia July 23, 2008. The plant, which can measure up...
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A giant flower's new family.(rafflesia)(Brief article) ... find Science News for Kids articles. You may know someone who's taller, shorter, blonder,
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The largest single flower in the world, the giant rafflesia can reach up to three feet across, and is among the rarest tropical plants known to man. Without leaves, roots or even a stem, the disembodied blossom grows only as a parasite on the vines of another plant, Tetrastigma.
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Use Rafflesia in a Sentence See web results for Rafflesia See images of Rafflesia...
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