What is the largest flower in the world?

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The flower with the world's largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem. It attaches itself to a host plant to obtain water and nutrients. When in bloom, the Rafflesia emits a repulsive odor, similar to that of rotting meat. This odor attracts insects that pollinate the plant.

The reason for the bad smell created by the ‘Rafflesia arnoldii’ is usually to appeal to its main pollinator. The name of pollinator is carrion fly. The specialist Rick Gregory from the site ‘Nature Escapes’ insights these flies get to colonies to look into every single Rafflesia arnoldii searching for decomposing steak, just to be dissatisfied in order to find independently coated in tacky glob of plant pollen through the big opening from the Rafflesia arnoldii flower. This blossom’s surviving depends upon “Carrion fly” going to initially a male and after that feminine blossom to be sure pollination as well as imitation within the plant’s forest atmosphere.
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Another enormous flower found in Indonesia is the Amorphophallus titanum, or Titan arum. It is also known as the "corpse flower" for its unpleasant odor. Like the Rafflesia, the Titan emits the smell of rotting flesh to attract pollinators. Technically, the Titan arum is not a single flower. It is a cluster of many tiny flowers, called an inflorescence. The Titan arum has the largest unbranched inflorescence of all flowering plants. The plant can reach heights of 7 to 12 feet and weigh as much as 170 pounds!

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