World’s largest flower Rafflesia arnoldii blooms in Indonesia

conservationists in Indonesia stated that y have identified  biggest specimen ever of world's largest flowers. giant Rafflesia tuan-muda-e is a fleshy red flower with small white blister-like spots on its huge petals. It measures to be around 111 centimetres (3.6 foot) in diameter. 

It has beaten previous record of  107 centimetres on a bloom which was found in jungles of West Sumatra a few years ago. e Putra at Agam Conservation ncy in Sumatra said that it is largest Rafflesia tuan-muda-e that has ever been documented.

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Flower's bloom last for a week

He ded that flower's bloom will only last for about a week before it grually falls and rots. It was named Rafflesia after British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles who spotted one in Indonesia in early 19th Century.

species is found in several Souast Asian countries including Philippines where a 100-centimeter specimen was identified and recorded.

flower is sometimes referred to as corpse flower since it releases meat like smell to attract insects. Rafflesia tuan-muda-e is a member of Rafflesiaceae family and lives as a parasite on Tetrastigma vine. ermous flowers may reach over 1 metre in diameter.

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About flower

buds rmally emerge where vine is growing along ground, unlike some of or Rafflesia species whose buds can emerge from vines hanging in air.

One of easiest locations to see R. tuan-mudae is at Gunung Ging National Park, at park hequarters or near Waterfall 7 in Sarawak. In July 2008, one of largest flowers measuring 95 cm was recorded in park. 

In Malaysian langu, tuan-muda-e translates as 'Beloved or young Prince' after Charles Brooke British Raja of Sarawak. Locally flower is referred to as bunga pakma - "bunga" means "flower" in Malaysian.

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