Rafflesia Arnoldi

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RAFFLESIA ARNOLDI

 

 

Raffesia Arnoldi or Padma Raksasa is an obligate parasitic plant that grows on vines from the genus Tetrastigma. This plant was first discovered in 1818 in the tropical forests of Sumatra by Dr. Joseph Arnold. Rafflesia Arnoldi is the identity of Bengkulu province. This plant has flowers that expand with five crowns and are the only plants that do not have roots, leaves, and stems. Rafflesia Arnoldi has reproductive organs, namely stamens and pistils that lie in the middle of the base of a curved flower. The process of pollinating these plants is helped by insects that are attracted to the stinging smell of flowers. Flower buds are formed along the sidelines of the stem with the flower growth period can take up to nine months and the bloom period is about five to seven days, then the rafflesia will wither and die.

Distribution and habitat of rafflesia are spread in mountain forests below West Java, lowland forests along the southern beach of West Java and Central Java, lowland forests of Meru Betiri National Park, and tropical forests on the island of Sumatra. Some of the locations that are often found growing are Rafflesia Arnoldi flowers in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, Seblat Elephant Training Center in North Bengkulu district, and Padang Guci Kaur District, Bengkulu. Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is designated as the center of conservation of this plant.

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