The World’s Biggest Flower - The Smell is NOT Beautiful! – ???

[Bible Speaks]

The World’s Biggest Flower - The Smell is NOT Beautiful!

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1. First, consider its size. The rafflesia can grow to about three feet (1 m) in diameter—the size of a bus tire—and weigh some 24 pounds (11 kg).* The flower has five thick, pinkish-brown fleshy petals covered with pale wartlike spots. The petals converge in a large hollow that resembles a pot and that can hold up to 13 pints (6 liters) of water.

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2. Second, give thought to its odor. According to one candid description, the rafflesia smells like a “buffalo carcass in an advanced state of decomposition,” earning it the well-deserved alternative names corpse flower and stinking corpse lily.* Carrion-feeding flies are the flowers’ main pollinators because they find the stench irresistible.

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The rafflesia flower has no stem, leaves, or roots and grows as a parasite of certain vines on the jungle floor. When a new rafflesia bud breaks through the bark of a host vine, the bud takes about ten months to balloon, often growing to the size of a large cabbage. Then, in a process that takes several hours, the fleshy lobes unfold, revealing their full glory. Inside the central opening are a number of spiky protrusions called processes. Their function is still little understood, although some researchers think that the protrusions may serve to distribute heat and thus intensify the stench.

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The flowerÂ’s odd beauty is short-lived, though. After just a few days, the bloom dies and begins to rot, leaving behind a slimy black mass.

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The Rafflesia arnoldii is rare and endangered. Why? Male and female flowers must bloom close to each other to cross-pollinate, yet most buds never reach maturity or bloom. The reason for this is that many buds are harvested to be used in traditional medicine or to be eaten as a delicacy. This has greatly reduced the number of plants growing in the wild. Ongoing destruction of the flowerÂ’s tropical rain-forest habitat poses another serious threat.

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Seeing a rafflesia is a unique experience. Its size is impressive. Its smell is memorable, to say the least. And its form and color are striking. Of course, the world’s largest flower is just one of our Creator’s countless astonishing works. Says Psalm 104:24: “How many your works are, O Jehovah! All of them in wisdom you have made. The earth is full of your productions.”

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q=corpse+flower&p=parThe parasitic corpse flower displays the largest single flower of any flowering pant. (© Ettore Balocchi)

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Corpse flower and vine host

Just as human relationships sometimes turn toxic, some relationships in nature are also parasitic — benefitting one species while the other is harmed.

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Named for its putrefying smell, the parasitic corpse flower defies floral stereotypes. With no roots, stems or even chlorophyll of its own, the species burrows into vines and tree roots, stealing their nutrients. Eventually the corpse flower will burst out of its host and display the largest single flower of any flowering plant.

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As the voice of Flower in CI’s Nature Is Speaking film series, Lupita Nyong’o says “People underestimate the power of a pretty little flower.” If they came across a blooming corpse flower, they might think differently. - 

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https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/102012289

[Martha Braun Amistadi]

Jehovah is certainly the happy God. What an amazing variety of life exists on our planet. Such a huge flower, with such a stinky scent! It's humorous! Praise Jehovah! 

[Bible Speaks]

25 minutes ago, Martha Braun Amistadi said:

Jehovah is certainly the happy God. What an amazing variety of life exists on our planet. Such a huge flower, with such a stinky scent! It's humorous! Praise Jehovah! 

@Martha Braun Amistadi

Some Creations are so Funny! Jehovah has humor also. Look at this bird, looks like it has a helmet on him! Thank you for your support! Jehovah bless! 

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[Queen Esther]

Jehovah  is  not  only  a  loving  GOD...    HE  is  so  much  more !  YES,  also  very  funny,  we  see  that  by  many  of  HIS  creations    Some  of  the  stinky  plants  are  importend  for  especially  animals,  they  love  this  smell  alot !!  Not  really  our  fav.    but  for  Jehovah  it  was  importend,  so  we  must  accept  it   Hahaha...  strange  for  us.

[Bible Speaks]

Smells like used diapers? Sign me up!Why everyone wants to experience the corpse flower, a foul-smelling plant in Denver.

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-farming-gardening/stories/smells-like-used-diapers-sign-me