Rafflesia arnoldii

Is an obligate plant parasites which are notorious for having very large bungaberukuran, even the world's largest flower. He grew up in the network of vines (lianas) Tetrastigma and has no leaves and is unable to photosynthesize.

This plant is endemic on the island of Sumatra, particularly the southern part (Bengkulu, Jambi and South Sumatra). Kerinci Seblat National Park is an area of ​​major conservation of this species.

This species, together with the other members of the genus Rafflesia, threatened status is due to massive deforestation. In Java patma grow only one type of parasite, Rafflesia patma.

Interest is a parasite is not rooted, no leaves, and not stemmed. Diameter of flowers when in bloom can reach 1 meter with a weight about 11 pounds. Flowers suck inorganic and organic elements of the host plant Tetrastigma.

The only part that could be called "crops" are grown on vines jaringanyang Tetrastigma. Flowers have five petals that surround the part that looks like a barrel-shaped mouth. At the base there are parts like the disc flowers spiked, contain stamens or pistil flowers depending on gender, male or female.

Animal pollinators are flies attracted by the smell of rotting flowers yangdikeluarkan. Interest only about one week old (5-7 days) and after that wilt and die. Very small percentage of fertilization, because bungajantan and female flowers bloom very rarely together in a single week, if any flies that came fertilize.

 Carrion flowers

Also called giant or rod suweg krebuit (local name for the vegetative phase), Amorphophallus titanum Becc., Is a plant of the tribe-talasan taro (Araceae) endemic of Sumatra, Indonesia, known as a plant with flowers (plural) in the world, although note mentions that a relative, A. gigas (also of the Sumatran endemic) can generate interest as high as 5m.

Its name comes from the flowers that smell like carrion yangmembusuk, which meant in fact to invite beetle and fly pollinators for flowers. In nature these plants live in wet rainforest. Corpse flower is the official flower of the province of Bengkulu.

This plant has two phases in his life which appear by turns, the phase of vegetative and generative phase. In the vegetative phase the leaves and stems appear quasi. Height can reach 6m. After some time (years), this wilted vegetative organs and tuber dormancy.

If sufficient food reserves in the tuber and supportive environment, plural flowers will appear. If less food reserves to grow back their leaves.

The flowers are very large and high, shaped like a phallus (actually the cob or spadix) surrounded by a sheath of interest is also large. The flowers are monoecious and protogini: female flowers receptive first, then followed cooked male flowers, as a mechanism to prevent self-pollinating.