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Caption: Photograph of the world's largest flower and queen of all parasitic plants, Rafflesia arnoldii, photographed shortly after blooming. The flowers of this species measure up to one meter in diameter and weigh up to 15 lbs. They look and smell like rotting flesh, which is highly attractive to the carrion flies that pollinate them.. This image relates to article that appeared in the Jan. 12, 2007, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Charles C. Davis and colleagues of Harvard University Herbaria in Cambridge, Mass., was titled "Floral Gigantism in Rafflesiaceae."
Credit: Photo provided by Jeremy Holden, via Science-AAAS.
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