What is the world’s largest flower called?

a. Rafflesia arnoldii

b. Rafflesia varnoldii

c. Rafflesia carnoldii

d. None of the above

ANSWER: Rafflesia arnoldii

Explanation:

The world’s largest flower Rafflesia arnoldii has been found blooming in two different locations in Indonesian rainforest in Sumatra

The giant red flower which smells of rotting flesh has no stems.

It also does not have leaves or roots

It blooms only for a few days.

Flower recently appeared in the following two locations:Taba Penanjung Forest and the Tebat Monok Forest.

Plant is named after Singapore founder Sir Stamford Raffles and British Botanist Joseph Arnold

It is an endemic plant to Sumatra

It has become a symbol of therein, appearing in everything from postage stamps to tourist brochures for the region

Indonesia is known for richness in plant diversity- it has 25,000 different flowering plant species with 40 percent of these not being found anywhere else on earth