Rafflesia: The Giant Flower That Defies Nature

Article by © Damien Lafon / Photographs from Gunung Gading National Park / edited by Alex C.

Rafflesia with its distinctive orange-red petals. A rare parasitic plant from the tropical forests of Asia, its flowering is short-lived and attracts flies to ensure its pollination.
Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest flower in the world, fascinating for its size and characteristic smell.
A bud of Rafflesia in the middle of the tropical forest, a unique parasitic plant from Southeast Asia. A symbol of biodiversity, this rare flower fascinates with its size and mysterious life cycle.
Bud in full bloom.
Rafflesia fully opening, revealing its dark, thick petals. This giant flower, nicknamed 'corpse flower', embodies the threatened biodiversity of the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
flowering only lasts 5 to 7 days before the flower fades.
A Rafflesia protected in a cage in the forest. This plant endemic to Indonesia and Malaysia arouses the fascination of botanists and visitors, its ephemeral flowering adding to its mystery.
A cage protects the fragile bud of the Rafflesia.
Rafflesia after flowering, its withered petals quickly decompose. This rare, endangered plant from Southeast Asia symbolizes the fragility of tropical ecosystems.
Faded bud, fragile vestige of an ephemeral and splendid flowering.

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