The Rafflesia arnoldii flower has the biggest bloom on the entire planet. The Indonesian rainforest is where you can find this unique flower. It can grow to be three feet wide and weigh up to fifteen pounds! It is a parasitic plant that lacks any discernible stem, roots, or leaves. It attaches to a host plant to get nutrients and water.
The Rafflesia releases an offensive scent while in bloom that is reminiscent of rotten meat. This smell draws pollinating insects to the plant.
Description :
Despite being a vascular plant, Rafflesia has no visible leaves, stems, or even roots, and it lacks chlorophyll. It inhabits vines of the genus Tetrastigma as a holoparasite. Similar to fungi, individuals develop as a mass of thread-like strands of tissue that are totally immersed in and in close contact with the host cells that surround them and serve as a source of nutrition and water.
The only aspect of Rafflesia that can be distinguished as being clearly plant-like are the flowers, even though even these are unusual because they grow to enormous proportions, have a reddish-brown coloration, and smell of rotting flesh. Rafflesia is only visible outside the host plant when it is ready to reproduce.
Rafflesia arnoldii blossoms can weigh up to 11 kilos and have a diameter of around one metre (3.3 feet) (24 lb).
The very enormous, cabbage-like, maroon or dark brown buds that give rise to these flowers are normally approximately 30 cm (12 in) wide, but the largest (and largest flower bud ever discovered) was discovered at Mount Sago, Sumatra in May 1956 and measured 43 cm (17 in).
Researchers from Indonesia frequently call the bud a "knop."
WRITER- ABHILASHA RAI
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