An international group of scientists, including botanists at the University of Oxford's Botanic Garden, has issued an urgent call for coordinated action to save the iconic genus Rafflesia, which ...

The large flower’s proper name is Rafflesia tuan-mudae, although most people call it a “corpse flower,” and rightly so – because it smells like rotten meat when it’s in full bloom. According to ...

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Meet “Rafflesia.” Also called “stinking corpse lily” because of its offending smell, Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. Known as the largest flower in the ...

Rafflesia arnoldii is believed to smell like a decaying corpse or rotting flesh, a scent that helps attract insects to pollinate it. However, because of its rarity and unique location in dense forests ...

In the rainforests of Sumatra, one of the world’s strangest flowers blooms close to the forest floor. Rafflesia arnoldii can grow more than a metre across, maki ...

Rafflesia is one of the most bizarre and fascinating plants in the world, known for its massive size and putrid stench. Often called the "corpse flower," it emits a strong odor of rotting flesh to ...

BACOLOD CITY — Amid continuing volcanic unrest at Mount Kanlaon, a rare Rafflesia speciosa has been found blooming inside the Mount Kanlaon Natural Park (MKNP), offering what environmental officials ...