This plant's self-editing genetics ... a group of researchers came upon 30 Rafflesia banaoana plants blooming near a river. It brought Chris Thorogood, a botanist at the University of Oxford ...

Many plants smell "good" — to humans that is — but some go several steps in the other direction, presenting themselves to the ...

(Bernama pic) Known as the “corpse flower” owing to its foul smell that resembles rotting flesh, the Rafflesia is found only in Southeast Asia. This unique plant has no leaves, stems ...

The Rafflesia defies botany textbooks. The parasitic plant has no stems, leaves, or roots. It survives by leaching nutrients from certain vines and only its flowers are visible. For years ...

or roots of its own, living entirely off its host vines in the rainforests of Southeast Asia. In this video, we explore the strange biology of Rafflesia, why it evolved to smell like death ...

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 ...

In the Luzon province, Kalinga hosts one of the world’s most enigmatic and extraordinary flowers—Rafflesia banaoana—and the crew hopes to catch it in bloom. Plant biologists are prying insights from ...

while the Rafflesia blooms more in a circle diagram. The Shorea plant locally known as Tengkawang is an endemic plant of Indonesia from Kalimantan. The plant is often used in cooking. The fruit is ...

However, the Rafflesia arnoldii is a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and illegal poaching. Preserving Indonesia's rich plant diversity is crucial for the country's ecological balance ...

Rafflesia lives on the stems and roots of woody vines. Its large, pink, five-lobed bloom can reach up to 36 inches wide, with petals that are 18 inches long and one inch thick. Weighing between seven ...