Thousands of people pulled together to watch the rotten flower in the world

According to the Science alert, rotten eggs, dead carcasses ... cannot have a terrible smell like the flowers of Rafflesia tuan-mudae in Indonesia.

Scavengers have a diameter of up to 1 meter. The flower when blooming has a "terrible" scent that makes many people grimace uncomfortably, but still attracts many people excited, curious.

According to the Science alert, rotten eggs, dead carcasses . cannot have a terrible smell like the flowers of Rafflesia tuan-mudae in Indonesia.

Rare Rafflesia tuan-mudae is found in the Maninjau reserve, Indonesia. The flower is about 1 meter wide and the smell of rotting flesh attracts flies to pollinate.

Picture 1 of Thousands of people pulled together to watch the rotten flower in the world

The most rotten flower in the world always attracts people to admire.

When blooming flowers brilliant in the period of 7-10 days and this is the time when many visitors pull together to admire the most.

The flowers are red, big and beautiful but the scent of them is according to experts, one of the most terrible scents in the world.

Flowers Rafflesia tuan-mudae are parasitic flowers , absorbing water and nutrients on vine stems Tetrastigma. It does not have leaves, stems, roots or chlorophyll.

When ready to reproduce, the flower will produce a blooming cabbage-like mass. About a year later, each wing will open but only be maintained for a few days. After that, the Rafflesia flower will grow as a round fruit, containing thousands of seeds inside and be spread throughout the forest by animals.

Flowers appear most in Southeast Asia such as the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, but are most famous in Indonesia in islands like Java and Sumatra.

Rarely do people see scavenger flowers blooming in nature because the number of flowers is getting smaller and is in the list of protected items. Therefore, whenever the season comes, thousands of curious visitors will come to admire this strange flower.

Update 17 December 2018
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