She first collected wild Rafflesia samples from the Pangandaran Nature Reserve, an eight-hour drive from Bogor. Reaching the plants took another three hours of hiking. She brought back Rafflesia ...

Banner image: The Rafflesia possess neither roots, leaves nor stems. Image by Aqil F via Wikimedia Commons ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ). Illegal plant trade, tourism threaten new Philippine flowering herbs ...

Chris Thorogood with Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest flower in the world, in Sumatra. Image credit: Chris Thorogood.

Rafflesia kemumu in the rainforest of Sumatra. Image credit: Chris Thorogood. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by ...

TEMPO.CO, Bengkulu - The Bengkulu provincial administration will hold a sports tourism event called "Tour de Rafflesia" in 2018 to promote tourism in the province known as the habitat of the giant ...

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, new research warned Wednesday.

Farmer Md Bakri Bahri, 43, was elated when he discovered a Rafflesia flower in his farm, located within the Royal Belum State Park area in Perak, as he was clearing up the bush last week. His ...

Rafflesia arnoldii: The World's Largest Flower One of Indonesia's most iconic and extraordinary plants is the Rafflesia arnoldii , the world's largest flower. Found in the rainforests of Sumatra and ...