Corpse Flower Rafflesia. Corpse Flower is a large plant and it needs to be moved up gradually in pot size. Apr 21 2021 But when the drive to breed awakens them the members of the Rafflesiaceae family erupt as immense stemless rubbery red corpse flowers covered in polka dots with a putrid smell like rotting meat designed to draw pollinating carrion flies.
The titan arum may be close to ten feet tall. It grows only in the jungles of Sumatra Indonesia and each f. Apr 21 2021 But when the drive to breed awakens them the members of the Rafflesiaceae family erupt as immense stemless rubbery red corpse flowers covered in polka dots with a putrid smell like rotting meat designed to draw pollinating carrion flies.
Volatile organic compounds such sulphur are released by the flower to mimic this foul smell.
Because the rafflesia does not have a chloroplast genome lacks chlorophyll it is incapable of photosynthesis. Technically however it is the worlds largest unbranched inflorescence which is a collection of flowers. Volatile organic compounds such sulphur are released by the flower to mimic this foul smell. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth.