You'd have to be like Indiana Jones and hack your way through a thick jungle if you want to find the rafflesia – and even then, this beautiful flower doesn’t just grow on trees, because it ...

Most species of the famously large Rafflesia flower, which has long captured the imagination with its enormous speckled red petals, are now at risk of extinction, a new research has warned ...

This was the largest flower in the world, the book said, spanning over a metre. I was possessed by it and wanted to see one growing in the wild more than anything. Rafflesia had cast its spell on me.

Sumatran rainforests have produced another plant known as the corpse flower, the giant padma, Rafflesia arnoldii. This ...

The corpse flower, also called Rafflesia, is the world’s biggest, measuring 1m (around 3ft 3in) across in some cases. Image caption, Maybe it’s a good thing you can’t smell this picture It ...