This massive bloom is infamous for its terrible odour, earning it the nickname “corpse flower.” Rafflesia arnoldii is ...

By feeding on its host, rafflesia is able to produce the world's biggest flower, a metre across. Its success depends on deception – it mimics the dead body of a mammal, from its texture and ...

Sumatran rainforests have produced another plant known as the corpse flower, the giant padma, Rafflesia arnoldii. This parasitic plant has no leaves or stems. It spends most of its life as long ...

The corpse flower, also called Rafflesia, is the world’s biggest, measuring 1m (around 3ft 3in) across in some cases. Image caption, Maybe it’s a good thing you can’t smell this picture It ...

The rafflesia species is the largest flower on the planet and is native to Southeast Asia. The parasitic plants are sometimes called "corpse flowers" because of their pungent odor that's used to ...