Rafflesia arnoldii di Kebun Raya Bogor Mekar Kembali

Bulan November ini, tepatnya sekitar tanggal 10 kemaren, Rafflesia arnoldii di Kebun Raya Bogor kembali mekar. Sejak mekar terakhir pada tahun 1920an, bunga tersebut kembali mekar pertama setelah 81 tahun pada bulan Juni 2010 dan kemudian November tahun ini.

Tentu saja mekarnya bunga yang telah ditetapkan sebagai "Puspa langka" pada tahun 1993 menarik banyak pengunjung Kebun Raya Bogor. Bunga Padma Raksasa ini adalah bunga yang cukup besar dengan diameter mencapai 1 meter dan berat sekitar 11 Kg.

Rafflesia arnoldii (capt by Uswatun Hasanah)

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Amorphophallus titanum vs Rafflesia arnoldii

 

Amorphophallus titanum vs Rafflesia arnoldii

Rafflesia arnoldii (capt. by Uswatun Hasanah)

Amorphophallus titanum vs Rafflesia arnoldii

May be you are being confused with "cropse flower", because both of them have "good" smell. But, both of them have different shape. When Rafflesia arnoldi that called "Padma the Biggest" is high, Amorphophallus titanum is circle.

Rafflesia is one of three national symbol as rare flower that declared as "Puspa Langka" in 1993. Rafflesia growth with diameter around 1 m and weight up to 11 kg. Rafflesia live as parasite in Tetrasigma vine, its rare to be fertilized because the pistil and stamen seldom flowering at the same time. But the research that conduct in Bogor Botanical Garden showed that Rafflesia still could flowering although not in it original habitat.

Amorphophallus titanum

Amorphopallus titanum is endemic from Sumatra. The influorecence up to 3 m and grows from the underground corm. This flower is the original that called "cropse flower".

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Rafflesia arnoldii di Kebun Raya Bogor Mekar Kembali