Rafflesia Arnoldii
Rafflesia Arnoldii is a member of the genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth. (There are some plants with larger flowering organs, the Titan Arum and Talipot palm, but these are technically clusters of many flowers.) It occurs only in the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo in the Indonesia Archipelago.
These plants/flowers are considered endangered due to habitat destruction / forest clearing.
Rafflesia Arnoldii belongs to the following groups:
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HelenBanham
Great shot! I love the colours and the composition!
JimFilmer replied
thankyou Helen – I’m glad I had the opportunity to see this flower in the wild and share it
Antanas
cool
JimFilmer replied
much appreciated Antanas
Debbie Vine
Great shot of an amazing flower – good write up
JimFilmer replied
thanks Debbie, glad you liked it
mjaniceanne
Fascinating flowers, would love to see one.
JimFilmer
thx Janice – they are fairly hard to find due to jungle clearing – we were lucky that an entrerprising family decided to make some money out of taking people for a tour of their garden patch when this had flowered there
Lila Alias
WOW! This is incredible!!! Beautiful!!! Fantastic!!!
JimFilmer replied
thanks Lila… yes I consider myself to be privleged to have seen this.. as they are becoming reasonably rare
Barbara Morrison
Very pretty!
JimFilmer replied
thankyou Barbara
PPV247
Amazing
JimFilmer replied
thankyou PPV for your comprehensive review of my gallery … very much appreciated
cammiecakes
Oh wow I have never seen this flower before….such a beautiful shot :)
JimFilmer replied
thankyou CC … not many people get to see these anymore
Cain Doherty
spectacular – what time of the year did you see this? i was in borneo in january and was told they are not as prolific in the wet season. i saw a rotting corpse flower whilst trekking in mulu but not a rafflesia. how was the smell?
JimFilmer
I think around April, by memory. There was a rotting one nearby too. The smell wasn’t too bad although it was attracting a few flies.
Vanessa Anderberg
This is beautiful…so detailed:)
JimFilmer replied
Thx Vanessa – this image has just been published in a children’s educatioanl book – Smarty Plants … so I’m pretty happy with it too