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Detailed explanation-1: -The flower with the world’s largest bloom is the Rafflesia arnoldii. This rare flower is found in the rainforests of Indonesia. It can grow to be 3 feet across and weigh up to 15 pounds! It is a parasitic plant, with no visible leaves, roots, or stem.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Rafflesia that flowered in West Sumatra in 2019 was measured to be almost 4 feet (120 cm) in diameter, the largest flower ever recorded – 4 inches (10 cm) wider than the flower reported as the largest in 2017. Even one of the smallest species, R.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indonesian conservationists say they’ve spotted the biggest specimen ever of what’s already been billed as one of the world’s largest flowers. The giant Rafflesia tuan-mudae-a fleshy red flower with white blister-like spots on its enormous petals-came in at a whopping 111 centimetres (3.6 foot) in diameter.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rafflesia arnoldii holds the record for the world’s largest individual flower, at over three feet in diameter and 20 pounds. There are other botanical behemoths, and even other foul-smelling ones: Species of Amorphophallus, found in Asia, Africa, and Australia, are also called corpse flowers.

Detailed explanation-5: -The giant Rafflesia tuan-mudae - a fleshy red flower with white blister-like spots on its enormous petals - came in at a whopping 3.6 feet in diameter.