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ENDANGERED
Stinky flower pTohlelinraaftfeletshiea pflloawnte.r’s foul smell attracts flies, which
My buds grow as big as cabbages,
taking up to ten months to do
so. Then they burst open into a
flower at night when it’s raining.
The flowers stink like dead meat,
attracting flies that help spread my
seeds so that more rafflesias can
grow. I gain nutrition from the vine
I live on, which is called a host, but
I don’t kill it.
Family in danger Did you know?
There are at least twenty to twenty- Rafflesia manillana’s brother Rafflesia
five groups in my family known to arnoldii is the largest flower among all
humans and we are all in danger. flowering plants, growing up to one metre
That’s because we only live on a
certain vine, which makes us have a and weighing up to ten kilograms.
very restricted home range. Despite
that, humans are taking over our
homes. They also use us to make
traditional medicines.
Rafflesia needs help ENDANGERCR
The International Union cTliemtrbasetri,gims tah,ethoenleyvehrogsrteoefntahnedradffelceisdiau.ous ED
for Conservation of Nature
considers me endangered, EN
but almost all my family
members are either VU
endangered or vulnerable.
Some of them live in the
national parks in Sabah,
Borneo, where they are
protected along with the
vine Tetrastigma. The most
crucial measure required,
in order to save my family
is to save our home.
Stinky flower pTohlelinraaftfeletshiea pflloawnte.r’s foul smell attracts flies, which
My buds grow as big as cabbages,
taking up to ten months to do
so. Then they burst open into a
flower at night when it’s raining.
The flowers stink like dead meat,
attracting flies that help spread my
seeds so that more rafflesias can
grow. I gain nutrition from the vine
I live on, which is called a host, but
I don’t kill it.
Family in danger Did you know?
There are at least twenty to twenty- Rafflesia manillana’s brother Rafflesia
five groups in my family known to arnoldii is the largest flower among all
humans and we are all in danger. flowering plants, growing up to one metre
That’s because we only live on a
certain vine, which makes us have a and weighing up to ten kilograms.
very restricted home range. Despite
that, humans are taking over our
homes. They also use us to make
traditional medicines.
Rafflesia needs help ENDANGERCR
The International Union cTliemtrbasetri,gims tah,ethoenleyvehrogsrteoefntahnedradffelceisdiau.ous ED
for Conservation of Nature
considers me endangered, EN
but almost all my family
members are either VU
endangered or vulnerable.
Some of them live in the
national parks in Sabah,
Borneo, where they are
protected along with the
vine Tetrastigma. The most
crucial measure required,
in order to save my family
is to save our home.
