¿Sabe cuál es la flor mas grande del mundo?

La rafflesia arnoldi pesa 7 kg. y sólo crece en Sumatra, Malasia y Borneo. Sus pétalos crecen hasta medio metro de largo y 2,5 cm. de grosor, lo que da el porte de un metro de longitud. Se encuentra entre las plantas tropicales más raras conocidas por el hombre. No tiene tallo, hojas ni raíces, creciendo sólo como parásito de otra planta, llamada Tetrastigma.
Tienen un enfermizo color rojo sangre y huelen a carne descompuesta. Pueden emitir calor, imitando tal vez a un animal recién muerto para atraer a las moscas carroñeras que la polinizan.
Fue descubierta en una expedición por Thomas Stamford Raffles, fundador de la colonia británica de Singapur, y por Joseph Arnold, quien murió de malaria en la expedición.
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La rafflesia arnoldi pesa 7 kg. y sólo crece en Sumatra, Malasia y Borneo. Sus pétalos crecen hasta medio metro de largo y 2,5 cm. de grosor, lo que da el porte de un metro de longitud. Se encuentra entre las plantas tropicales más raras conocidas p…
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sandra Nieto
Noviembre 17, 2006 en 2:31 pm
estan muy bien las explicaciones, pero encuentro que son algo breves
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ALGUIEN
Septiembre 17, 2007 en 12:11 pm
TA CHIDO
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q
Octubre 3, 2007 en 11:50 am
Oraleee
:):):):)
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LuissXD
Octubre 9, 2007 en 4:38 pm
se parece a un pokemon!!!!!!!
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LuissXD
Octubre 9, 2007 en 4:40 pm
+_+ *_* ‘_’ -.-”
o_O H_h o.-
=3 XD DX =J y_Y k_K i_i ·.·.·.· ·_· 3_3 .l.
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Mi
Octubre 9, 2007 en 4:41 pm
aaaaaaaaaa
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leean
Octubre 11, 2007 en 5:12 pm
weeeeeeeeeeeeeee q raro yo conocia algo esa planta pero no savia todo eso
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DAYAN
Noviembre 3, 2007 en 10:56 pm
JAJAJAJAJ SI PARECE UN POKEMON JAJAJA YA VI DONDE SE INSPIRA EL TIPO K HACE LA SERIE
IGUAL EL DE DIGIMON
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maria
Noviembre 18, 2007 en 1:03 pm
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cristian
Diciembre 12, 2007 en 5:49 pm
PERO SI SE PARECE A UN VILEPLUME JEJEJEJE TA BACAN ESA FLOR
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patricia
Diciembre 26, 2007 en 9:50 am
me gustan las imagenes y la informacion que ustedes ponen
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una persona
Enero 4, 2008 en 6:13 pm
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm si es rara y grande no sabia sobre ella
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mariela
Marzo 10, 2008 en 4:17 pm
esa flor esta a otro nivel, aunque es super extraña nunca la habia visto;y lo q mas me impresiona es q huele a carne descompuesta waaaaaaaaaoooooo…
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queteimporta
Abril 18, 2008 en 7:38 pm
de hecho parece un pokemon (gloom)pro sta xida
jajaja
quisiera verlo pro no olerla
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Javier Rico
Mayo 27, 2008 en 6:16 pm
Cual es er bicho o pranta mas grande der mundo? u hongo?
Homoteticamente igual unico, ni el elefant ni la ballena, una biomasa basta
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KEILLYN JAVIER
Junio 9, 2008 en 11:23 am
hola a todos si que esta grande esa flor lo mas maravillosa que e visto en mucho tiempo ok
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por la sexy
Junio 16, 2008 en 5:29 pm
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101*****
Julio 20, 2008 en 7:09 pm
is very pretty the flowwer
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mauri
Octubre 20, 2008 en 10:18 pm
esta pagina es genial me ha salvado la vida
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belen
Diciembre 31, 2008 en 11:26 am
wauuu es impresionante
me encantaria verla
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dustyn
Enero 10, 2009 en 10:29 am
wow
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mariá
Enero 19, 2009 en 8:55 am
Solo que no estoy de acuerdo,que para anuciar o vender algo,tengan que recurrir a esperpentos tan horrorosos o en su respectivos, a la pornografia; ademas deberian tener encuenta que en muchos hogares aun queda educaion pudor y por sobre todas las cosas amamos al DIOS de los Cielos;y en muchos casos nos sentamos frente al computador con nuestroa hijos.
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mariá
Enero 19, 2009 en 8:58 am
que ya había leido esto en un libro y me pareció
muy interezante,y en si todos sus comentarios.
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MELODY
Enero 21, 2009 en 6:31 pm
BIEN
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tiki
Marzo 6, 2009 en 8:30 pm
esa no es ni por poco la flor mas grande de el mundo, la mas grande es la amorphophallus titanium
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emi
Agosto 19, 2009 en 8:00 pm
jajajajajaja se parese a vileplum
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erika
Septiembre 23, 2009 en 4:44 pm
es genial esa flor es enoorme felicidades a qyien la planto
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