Gawen Breteche-Lo
Rafflesia tuan-mudae
The Rafflesia flower (Rafflesia tuan-mudae) looks and smells like rotting meat, hence the local name 'corpse flower'. It is a parasite to a specific vine, spreading its absorptive organ into the tissue of its host. These flowers can grow up to a 100 kilograms in weight, and over 39inches in diameter. Various species of the Rafflesia are scattered within the tropical rainforests of South East Asia. And all are known to be endangered.
Shot in Sarawak, Borneo.
Rafflesia tuan-mudae
The Rafflesia flower (Rafflesia tuan-mudae) looks and smells like rotting meat, hence the local name 'corpse flower'. It is a parasite to a specific vine, spreading its absorptive organ into the tissue of its host. These flowers can grow up to a 100 kilograms in weight, and over 39inches in diameter. Various species of the Rafflesia are scattered within the tropical rainforests of South East Asia. And all are known to be endangered.
Shot in Sarawak, Borneo.