Using genetics, the scientists solved a nearly 200-year-old mystery regarding the relatives of rafflesias, a group of plants whose flowers reach a petal-to-petal girth of three feet and weigh 15 ...

Size and stench have made Rafflesia famous, but these aren't even close to the plants' most fascinating trait. Unlike most flowers, Rafflesia has no leaves, no stems, not even any roots.

Because rafflesia lacks the genes most commonly used to trace plant ancestry, the scientists delved deeper into the genome, looking at some 11,500 base pairs of DNA to determine that the giant ...

Oil painting of the corpse flower or giant padma (Rafflesia arnoldii), ... Paintings of a few weird and wonderful bizarre plants that are far stranger than any in science fiction, ...

In the rainforests of southeastern Asia, a parasitic plant called Rafflesia produces the world’s largest flowers.Some Rafflesia flowers, for instance, can be a meter and a half in diameter, and ...

Some of the world's giant flowers, those of the parasitic plant genus Rafflesia, can reach up to a meter and a half in diameter. Therefore, what could be more impressive about them are 'dwarves ...

Rafflesia flowers bloom for three to four days before shriveling and decaying. As with the Titan Arum, the rotting-meat scent that wafts from each inch-thick petal attracts pollinating insects.

The Rafflesia manillana is the tiniest species in the genus of Rafflesia. The diameter of this flower is 20 cm. The Rafflesia flower stays open only for a period of 5 to 7 days.

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- At one yard in diameter and red as a new Ford Mustang, the Rafflesia plant makes quite a first impression. It stands out amid the jungles full of dull, green vines where it lives.

Giant Rafflesia flower (Agencies) Updated: 2008-07-23 22:44. A rare Rafflesia is seen in flower in the rain forest near the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia July 23, 2008. The plant, ...