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• RAFFLESIAThe Rafflesia flower (Rafflesia
  arnoldi) is
• the world's largest flower.
• This giant bloom is found in
• rainforests of Indonesia.
• Locally, it is called the
• "corpse flower." Rafflesia
• gives off a putrid smell
• that reminds people of
• rotting meat (this odor
• attracts its pollenators,
• beetles and flies), hence
• its nickname. Rafflesia's
• enormous flower is about 3 feet (1 m) across and
  weighs about 20 pounds (9 kilograms).

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• The flower takes about a year to develop, then
  it blooms for about a week before dying. The
  flower has five wide orange petals (with pale
  dots) surrounding a spiked cup. Rafflesia has
• no stem, no roots,
• and no leaves. The
• flower is supported
• by fungus-like tissue
• that lives in another
• plant - the
• Tetrastigma vine.

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