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Lives on Other Plants: Rafflesia doesn’t make its own food. It takes food from another plant, like a parasite. Smells Bad on Purpose: The flower smells like something dead to attract flies.
Enduring a grueling seven-hour hike in Kalinga, India, a group of researchers came upon 30 Rafflesia banaoana plants blooming near a river.
This unique plant has no leaves, stems, or roots of its own – instead, it lives as a parasitic organism, attaching itself to the roots of other plants to extract nutrients from its host. As of ...
To better understand the plant and its conservation status, an international group of botanists examined 42 known Rafflesia species and their habitats – primarily Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia ...
Adding to the intrigue, the Rafflesia plant is parasitic. Having shed its stem, roots, and leaves, the plant grows out of its host, namely, tropical grapevines in the genus Tetrastigma, absorbing the ...
The host plant of this species was identified as Tetrastigma diepenhorstii. The Chief Conservator of Forests, Datuk Frederick Kugan, emphasized that the discovery of this rare rafflesia species would ...
He said Rafflesia are parasitic plants that latch on the trunks of plants in forests. “They mushroom when their habitats are free from any types of disturbance,” Maklarin said.
I'm at the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh (RBGE) and, for a few days at least, this titan arum is the star attraction. The 22-year-old plant, nicknamed "New Reekie" in a nod to an old name for ...