A man poses behind an example of Rafflesia tuan-mudae at Guning Gading National Park in August 2008, demonstrating the scale of the large flower. (Image via Wikipedia) PADANG, Indonesia (AFP) — ...

BOGOR, INDONESIA (dpa) – When a Bunga Bangkai (Corpse Flower) blooms at the Bogor Botanical Garden, 40 kilometres south of Jakarta, it attracts more than just flies, carrion beetles and sweat bees.

The giant flower find has renewed calls among researchers to rename its genus, which honours British colonial official Thomas Raffles A giant flower's rediscovery in a West Sumatran forest of ...

Deep inside Indonesia’s dense forests, scientists finally found a rare flower they’d been hunting for a decade, and the discovery left them emotional. Found in Sumatra, this extraordinary species, ...

A giant flower’s rediscovery in a West Sumatran forest of Indonesia has spurred a growing campaign among researchers to change the colonial-era name of one of the world’s most famous plants. Last ...