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Rafflesia
The huge rafflesia flower, the biggest in the world, looks and smells like rotting meat. The plants are invisible, having no stems or leaves, with their roots imbedded in the vines that they parasitize. Then a cabbage size bud appears and turns into this flower. This parasitic plant attracts our concern because of its rarity and the possibility that it may be on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss. Questions about the "corpse flower" will find their answers here.
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How does rafflesia plant obtain nutrients?
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The Rafflesia arnaldii plant is a parasite. It lives as a collection of thread-like filaments within its host vine, absorbing food and water from the vine. The only time any of it is visible is when it pushes out its cabbage size flower bud which opens into a three foot (one meter) wide flower weighing up to 24 pounds (11 kilograms).
Is rafflesia a producer?
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they are consumrs because producers are plants or living thing that makes its own food, but the kangaroo eats producers and relys on producers like plants and grass to survive , so it is a consumer. ps: consumers rely on other plants and animals for food to survive.
What defense mechanisms does the Rafflesia have?
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The plants emits a very strong foul odour.
Does any animal eat the Rafflesia flower?
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This question is about a flowering plant found in southeastern Asia.
No information could be found online about whether this plant is safe for rabbits to eat or not.
When you can't confirm whether something is safe for rabbits to eat or not, do not feed it to your rabbit. Stick to plants that are known to be safe.
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Which layer does the Rafflesia grow on?
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The Rafflesia Arnoldii is in the Forest Floor
What is the probable relationship between the giant Rafflesia flower and the carrion flies that buzz around it?
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How does a rafflesia reproduce?
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through an animal that eats it and poops it out or by a fly (dung flies) that carry the seeds to another rafflesia but if an animal carries it and poops it out it needs to pooop it out on a host that a rafflesia can survive on:)
How big is the Rafflesia flower?
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The Rafflesia flower extends nearly 3 feet across and can weigh up to 15 lbs. There are 13 species of Rafflesia remaining. Rafflesia arnoldii blooming in Sumatra's Bukit Daun forest is a local event. The Tebat Monok rare flora group erects fences to protect the flowers from disturbance. The largest spring 2011 Rafflesia bloom in this forest measured 1 meter in diameter, a full 3 feet. The flower boasts a deep red color with pale speckled petals surrounding a large round opening. The spiky projections in the center may help distribute the carrion scent.........
What does a rafflesia need in order to survive?
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By passing pass through their bums
Why is the rafflesia so big?
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his incredible flower, found primarily in the shady lowland tropical forests of Indonesia, has by far the largest bloom of any flower and is one of the world's rarest and most endangered plants. Almost one meter wide and weighing over 6 pounds, it is a fleshy, malodorous plant, I have highlighted here since it is a symbol for all other endangered rainforest plants.
The flower is an excellent example of how fragile some components of the tropical forest are, for its very survival is totally dependent on one particular vine called Tetrastigma, related to the grapevine. The Rafflesia is a disembodied flower. A rootless, leafless and stemless parasite, it drains nourishment and gains physical support from its host vine. Its only body outside the flower consists of strands of fungus-like tissue that grow inside the Tetrastigma vine. It first manifests itself as a tiny bud on the vine's roots or stem. But over a period of 12 months, it swells to a cabbage-like head that bursts around midnight under the cover of a rainy night to reveal this startling, lurid-red flower.
Inside the cauldron-like cup is a spiked disk. And attached to its underside are either stigmas or stamens, depending upon whether the plant is male or female. By now you've probably noticed the characteristic rotting-meat smell that gives the plant its local name: "corpse flower." The odor attracts carrion-scavenging flies and beetles into the plant to pollinate it. But the full-grown flower lasts only about a week before it dies, so seeing one up close like this is lucky indeed.
When do rafflesia bloom?
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The Rafflesia flower is the biggest flower in the world, however it can only grow in 1 place which is called Malaysia! The Rafflesia is also known as Monster flower because it can grow up to 3 feet (1 meter) across, either that or it's known as a Corpse flower as it is very stinky! The scientific name for Rafflesia is Rafflesia Arnoldii!
What animals eat the rafflesia flower?
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Flies mainly pollinate these smelly flowers
What are three facts about rafflesia flower?
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- The beauty in each individual flower is unique to its type.
- The beauty of flowers serves as a reminder that life is beautiful.
- The beauty of flowers is a manifestation of the awesomeness of nature.
- There are flowers of every color in the rainbow.
- There is beauty in the aroma of flowers which is calming and gives a feeling of peace to the soul.
