Rafflesia
In Malaysia you can find the world's largest flower, the Rafflesia. I thought that if I will be living here for more than a year, then I should have pretty good chances to see one flowering.
When they are flowering the bright red flower only lasts for about five days before it dies and becomes black and rotten. The Rafflesia is a parasitic flower and it can be up to one meter in diameter.
Earlier this year I got the opportunity to see one in Gunung Gading National Park. Gunung Gading is famous for the many Rafflesias that grow in the area. The only problem is that it's hard to predict when they are going to flower and when they do you have to be quick to be able to see it before it dies.
I had heard that the Rafflesia smells really bad and that attracts flies to the flower. The smell was not that bad and you almost had to stick your head into the flower to smell it.
Tiny girl or a big flower? :-)
Just some days earlier this was a red Rafflesia flower.
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