Rafflesia  (Rafflesia spp)

Bud and a dead flower of Rafflesia manillana in rainforest

Dead flower of Rafflesia manillana in rainforest

Dead flower of Rafflesia manillana in rainforest

Buds of Rafflesia keithii

Rafflesia keithii in flower

Rafflesia keithii flower in rainforest

Rafflesia keithii in flower

Rafflesia keithii in flower

Rafflesia pricei flower

Rafflesia pricei flower

Rafflesia pricei in flower

Bud of Rafflesia cantleyi

Bud of Rafflesia cantleyi

Bud of Rafflesia cantleyi

Bud of Rafflesia cantleyi

Bud of Rafflesia cantleyi

Opening flower of Rafflesia cantleyi

Flower of Rafflesia cantleyi

Rafflesia cantleyi in flower

Rafflesia cantleyi flower

A wilting flower of the parasite Rafflesia cantleyi

Dead flower of Rafflesia cantleyi

Dead flowers of Rafflesia cantleyi

Scars left by the parasite Rafflesia cantleyi

Flower and buds of Rafflesia cantleyi on a heavily parasitized liana

Aerial buds of Rafflesia cantleyi

Rafflesia cantleyi on a heavily parasitized liana

Aerial flower and buds of Rafflesia cantleyi

Aerial flower of Rafflesia cantleyi

Aerial flower and buds of Rafflesia cantleyi on a heavily parasitized liana

Rafflesia kerrii flower, approximately 80 cm in diameter

Rafflesia kerrii flower

Rafflesia kerrii bloom

Guide with a Rafflesia kerrii flower

Rafflesia arnoldi bud

Rafflesia arnoldi bud

A bud of Rafflesia tuan-mudae one day before blooming

Rafflesia tuan-mudae flower starting to bloom, taken at 11pm

Rafflesia tuan-mudae flower starting to bloom, taken at 3am

Rafflesia tuan-mudae flower starting to bloom, taken at 9am

Rafflesia tuan-mudae flower

Rafflesia tuan-mudae flower in bloom

Rafflesia tuan-mudae in lowland rainforest

Rafflesia tuan-mudae flower starting to wilt

A dead flower of Rafflesia tuan-mudae

A parasitic Rafflesia azlanii flower in rainforest

A parasitic Rafflesia azlanii flower in rainforest

Opening bloom of Rafflesia speciosa and a dead bloom in the foreground in rainforest

Opening bloom of Rafflesia speciosa

Bloom of Rafflesia speciosa in rainforest

Buds of the parasitic flower Rafflesia sp.

Rafflesia sp. bud, petals opening

Rafflesia sp. in flower

Rafflesia in flower

Rafflesia flower

Buds of Rafflesia sp. being sold for medicinal purposes

The disc of a dissected male flower of the parasitic Rafflesia cantleyi

The disc of a dissected male flower of the parasitic Rafflesia cantleyi

Cross-section of the disc of a dissected male flower of the parasitic Rafflesia cantleyi

Half-section of the disc of a dissected male flower of the parasitic Rafflesia cantleyi, the circular capsules are the anthers

Cross-section of the disc of a dissected male flower of the parasitic Rafflesia cantleyi

Cross-section of the disc of a dissected male flower of the parasitic Rafflesia cantleyi, an anther is visible in the groove on the right