Largest Flower in the World

Largest Flower in the World

There is one exotic and rare plant you wouldn't likely want to grow anywhere near your garden no matter how cool it is. That would be growing the largest flower in the world. This exotic, very rare, though may not be pretty, rust colored flower is called Rafflesia Arnoldii.

Rafflesia Arnoldii, is the biggest individually produced flower in the world. It gets to be 3 feet across and weighing a whopping 15- 24 pounds. That's pretty darn big but still you would not like this flower in your perennial bed. Why not? If you could mimic a rainforest type environment for this plant, it gives off a most offensive odor when in bloom. This scent is somewhat like rotting meat. This is why it is often called the Corpse Plant by some natives of Indonesia where it originates.

Largest Flower in the World