Rafflesia Arnoldii

Rafflesia arnoldii is a member of the genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on earth, and a strong odor of decaying flesh - the latter point earning it the nickname of "carrion flower". It is an endemic plant that occurs only in the rainforests of Sumatra Island, Province Bengkulu Indonesia. Although there are some plants with larger flowering organs like the Titan Arum and Talipot palm, those are technically clusters of many flowers.

Arnoldi Raflesia different from other flowers that usually smells wangi.Bunga Raflesia Arnoldi discovered and put into the record in the 19th century.

Beginning of Rafflesia Arnoldi's discovery, in 1818 Sir Stamford Raffles and a physicist named Joseph Arnold explore an area in Bengkulu.

(Two of the different people anyway)

When they're exploring the area they smell very pungent and stinking, they immediately look for the origin of the smell after a long search, they finally found the origin of the smell that comes from a flower that grows large enough, after carefully identified, was discovered identity of interest.

Major interest is derived from the name of the second inventor Rafflesia Arnoldi, this interest coming from the Titanium Amorpholus Becc (corpse flower), and including interest Araceae (taro-talasan). Now Arnodi Rafflesia plant has been protected and preserved by the government because this plant is almost extinct, we can see these plants by visiting the Bogor Botanical Gardens. The plant is also not every time of flowering, the flower was first planted in the Bogor Botanical Gardens on December 19, 1992, tubers weighing 30 pounds, when viewed from the weight of the tuber plants will grow quite large. On February 5, 1994 date has begun to sprout, denagan supervision and maintenance of good flower bud reaches a height of one meter on the March 9, 1994 until March 9, 1994 this interest continues to grow to 1.5 meters.

Rafflesia arnoldii (Indonesian: padma raksasa) is one of the three national flowers in Indonesia, the other two being the white jasmine and moon orchid. It was officially recognized as a national "rare flower" (Indonesian: puspa langka) in Presidential Decree No. 4 in 1993.