Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii), Borneo ... The pod can travel up to 10 metres, spreading the seeds away from the parent plant, which reduces competition between parent and offspring for space ...

The corpse flower, also called Rafflesia, is the world’s biggest ... Sometimes, humans will step in and plant seeds themselves - even in unusual ways. An initiative in Kenya has seen children ...

Most mistletoe seeds are spread by birds ... but hummingbirds can hoveras they extract nectar. The giant padma (Rafflesia arnoldii) is the world's largest flower, growing up to one metre across and ...

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 ...

Up to nine months elapse between the stages of seed to pod to flower, with the final display lasting only a few days, usually seven. Rafflesia, also known as the stinking corpse lily, is a genus ...

Most of the 40 species of Rafflesia are threatened, but the plant is challenging to protect: it is almost impossible to grow, and its seeds cannot be stored for long periods in the way most ...