About Raffles

Raffles  (Raffles Arnold) or the more familiar known as the corpse flower or Padma Giant. The interest rate is part of the Raffles family, which has the largest flower on earth leaves with a pungent smell like rotten meat smell (that is known as the corpse flower).

Raffles flowers only grow in place - a certain place in the rain forest of Sumatra or botanical garden Bogor, Indonesia.Although there are several types of plants with flowers that organ is wider as the Titan Arum or Palm Talipot, but interest Raffles considered to have the largest single flower shape. A carrion flower is also known from three typical flower of Indonesia besides white jasmine flowers and orchids are also recognized as a rare flower world.

Raffles petals grow to about one meter in diameter and weigh up to 11 kg and are included in the vines or parasites.Flowers Raffles a single plant (not in groups) so that only a flower grows only at a time and do not have leaves, stems, roots and even special chlorophyll substance. Corpse flower has distinctive features such as plant fungi (fungi) that grow individually as well as a threat to other plants around it. 

The existence of this interest can only be known when the flowers grow. Perhaps one - the only part that can be recognized only Raffles petals and rich aroma resembling carrion. Inviting aroma of the carrion flower insects - insects such as flies and dirty other germs. Other flowers that have a similar smell is Titan Arum. 

The presence of carrion flowers 
Raffles flower is very rare and difficult to be found, mainly due to the difficulty of finding the location of interest in the middle of a vast wilderness, but it is also the root of the flower buds may take months - months to grow into flowers and then only last for a few days before finally wilting again.

when ready glow corpse flower, small parts that are beyond kuncul root/stem grows and develops over a period of one year. The petals are open, in the middle there is the flower arrangement -  other small flowers with stamen flowers contained within. stench that came out invites flies, insects or bees come to pollinate flowers grow.And the thing makes it rare to develop are the flies or insect should never perch, pollinate other similar plants.