While in Borneo, he learned about the Rafflesia plant, which is a native of the area. Dr. Trond Schumacher, University of Oslo, Norway, collaborates with Barkman to study this incredible plant. "We ...

Rafflesia is the name of a large group of plants all of which smell of rotting flesh to attract flies and carrion beetles. A bright red flower reeking of decomposing flesh has bloomed in Indonesia ...

Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii), Borneo. This plant has no stem or leaves, instead it is a parasite on a vine. By feeding on its host, rafflesia is able to produce the world's biggest flower ...

The corpse flower, also called Rafflesia, is the world’s biggest, measuring 1m (around 3ft 3in) across in some cases. Image caption, Maybe it’s a good thing you can’t smell this picture It ...

Malaysia’s Lojing Highlands for the world’s largest flower The Rafflesia is the world’s largest flower and can be found in just a few places on earth, one of which is in the Lojing Highlands ...

Parasitic plants use a structure called a haustorium to penetrate their host plant. This specialised organ forms a connection between the two plants, which they use to drain nutrition. Some parasites, ...