Flowers are often seen as symbols for beauty, love, or even life. But that stereotype does not apply for the Rafflesia Arnoldi species. Rafflesia Arnoldi is also called by many as the ‘Corpse Flower’ because, literally, it smells like rotting flesh. It is also a parasite for other plants. Those facts are already more than enough to explain why Rafflesia Arnoldi does not symbolize beauty like most other flowers do.
But aside from its stink and its habit to take life from other plants, the species is considered very unique and extremely distinct. Particularly, those are because Rafflesia Arnoldi is currently the largest known flower in the world, and because the species is now near extinct. In addition to its size and rarity, Rafflesia Arnoldi also has a wondrous shape and colour.
Rafflesia Arnoldi live mostly in the island of Sumatra. But it still won’t be easy to be found, because it only exist in a very small number and flower bloom itself only lasts for a few days. Right now scientists and environmentalists are trying to find some ways to preserve the species through many ways such as creating some artificial environments which support the Rafflesia Arnoldi to live in.
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