Corpse flowers and flesh flies: why so many plants and fungi stink like death warmed up
The stench of a rare corpse flower make us retch. But you’re not the target – the plant wants to lure carrion beetles and ...
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The much loved blooming Rafflesia - The world’s largest – and stinkiest – flower in danger of extinction, says research
Most species of the famously large Rafflesia flower, which has long captured the imagination with its enormous speckled red petals, are now at risk of extinction, a new research has warned.
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10 weird and wonderful plants from The Green Planet
Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii), Borneo ... up a club-like bud - loaded with vicious spines which protect it from plant-eating animals. On reaching the surface the bud, on its long stem, sweeps ...
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Up close with the Rafflesia, the largest and smelliest flower on Earth
You'd have to be like Indiana Jones and hack your way through a thick jungle if you want to find the rafflesia – and even then, this beautiful flower doesn’t just grow on trees, because it ...
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The Green Planet: Six amazing shots that tell a story
The corpse flower, also called Rafflesia, is the world’s biggest ... It's a charcoal powder, which stops other animals eating the seeds before they can germinate and also contains nutrients ...