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rafflesia flower

The largest flower in the world. It can grow to a meter in diameter. The two flowers we saw has ~70 and ~

 

The largest flower in the world. It can grow to a meter in diameter. The two flowers we saw are ~70 and ~75 centimeters in diameters. The flower is very strange, there's no blooming season, and from a bug stage it takes 8-9 months to bloom, which only lasts ~7 days.

 

The largest flower in the world. It can grow to a meter in diameter. The two flowers we saw are ~70 and ~75 centimeters in diameters. The flower is very strange, there's no blooming season, and from a bug stage it takes 8-9 months to bloom, which only lasts ~7 days. When it's blooming, people say there's a rotten smell from the flower, although I didn't smell much ( I also didn't stick my head into the flower). Really really stange flower

 

The largest flower in the world. It can grow to a meter in diameter. The two flowers we saw are ~70 and ~75 centimeters in diameters. The flower is very strange, there's no blooming season, and from a bud stage it takes 8-9 months to bloom, which only lasts ~7 days. When it's blooming, people say there's a rotten smell from the flower, although I didn't smell much ( I also didn't stick my head into the flower). Really really stange flower. It's got fleshy pedals and the buds look alien-ish. Well I can now say that I have seen Rafflesia

 

The largest flower in the world. It can grow to a meter in diameter. The two flowers we saw are ~70 and ~75 centimeters in diameters. The flower is very strange, there's no blooming season, and from a bud stage it takes 8-9 months to bloom, which only lasts ~7 days. When it's blooming, people say there's a rotten smell from the flower, although I didn't smell much ( I also didn't stick my head into the flower). Really really stange flower. It's got fleshy pedals and the buds look alien-ish. Well I can now say that I have seen Rafflesia!

 

The largest flower in the world. It can grow to a meter in diameter. The two flowers we saw are ~70 and ~75 centimeters in diameters. The flower is very strange, there's no blooming season, and from a bud stage it takes 8-9 months to bloom, which only lasts ~7 days. When it's blooming, people say there's a rotten smell from the flower, although I didn't smell much ( I also didn't stick my head into the flower). Really really stange flower. It's got fleshy pedals and the buds look alien-ish. Well I can now say that I have seen Rafflesia!

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Uploaded on September 12, 2008
Taken on September 8, 2006