Scientists just found one of the world's largest flowers blooming in an Indonesian jungle

The rafflesia flower in a West Sumatran forest might be the largest flower ever recorded, Indonesian wildlife officials say. It measures nearly 1.2 metres in diameter. The rafflesia plant is often referred to as a "monster flower" for its parasitic properties and repugnant stench. Indonesian wildlife officials might've found the most monstrous flower of them all.

A rafflesia that recently bloomed in a West Sumatran forest is nearly 1.2 metres in diameter -- that would make it the largest flower ever recorded, according to theCuriously, it was the same location that produced what was the largest rafflesia ever recorded back in 2017. But this monster flower is 4 inches wider,The plant has no roots or leaves -- it's parasitic. The rafflesia feeds on a host plant to live, drinking its water and nutrients.

Looks like the flower in Mario Bro’s. Be careful it doesn’t shoot fire balls at you...

Misreported. This is Raflesia, the rotting flesh flower, and is so well known that's it's Indonesia's national flower. This one is just the biggest specimen they've ever found.

isn't that one of the flowers that smell like rotting flesh?

Woooooooooaaaahhhhhh

Its a Venusaur!!

No, that’s a Vileplume.

4UWell You can also find that in the Philippines

Is it part of the trumpet family?

LimeMarie 😮

Big enough to eat small child

Super Mario

Feed me Seymour

Isn’t that a Pokémon 😂😂😂😂

Interesting flower, somewhat like most politicians, feeds off the public tax payer and leaves a bad odour (lies and deceptions).

My aunt still has the same plastic flowers on the mantle that she had in 1970. I think these are the oldest.

That’s no flower it’s a demogorgan

Another thing for humanity to destroy.

It really is unfortunate that so many people have to make dumbass comments on everything. There are people who might like this and other general interest stories.

Isn’t that the one that smell like shit?

Climate change!!!!!!

I farted

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