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 ...

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 ...

Rafflesia is the name of a large group of plants all of which smell of rotting flesh to attract flies and carrion beetles. A bright red flower reeking of decomposing flesh has bloomed in Indonesia ...