Arnoldi RAFLESIA including rare plants

in Indonesia and is protected by the

government. This plant comes from the
island of Sumatra, particularly the
southern part (Bengkulu, Jambi and South
Sumatra). Kerinci Seblat National Park is
the main conservation area of this
species.

This flower is a parasite is not rooted, not

leafy, and not stemmed. The diameter of
these flowers when in full bloom can
reach one meter with a weight of about
11 kilograms. This flower has a smell, this
flower sucking inorganic and organic
elements of the host plant Tetrastigma.
The only part that could be called "plant"
is a network that grows on vines
Tetrastigma.
But this interest started now rare, so the
interest is in place in a wildlife reserve.