2. Lotus Flower Rafflesia is a genus of flowering plants,
parasites, which includes about 28 species

3. Its area covers the territory of Indonesia, the
Philippines, Thailand and the Malay Peninsula,
Borneo, Java and Sumatra.

5. According to unofficial sources, the first Rafflesia was
discovered in 1797 on the island of Java, by the
French explorer Louis Auguste Deschamps

9. Official opening date of Rafflesia as the
representative of the flora world was in 1818.

10. Then it was found in the rainforests of Indonesia in
the south-west of the island of Sumatra during an
expedition led by British explorer, Sir Stamford
Raffles, in whose honor the flower got its name.

11. It was a huge flower without leaves and stem, up to
a meter in diameter and weighed more than 6 kg.

12. Today, it is the most famous member of the genus
and is one of the largest flowers in the world.

13. Rafflesia Arnold – gigantic plant blooming with a
single flower, which can be 60-100 cm in diameter and
weigh 8-10 kg.

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