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Rafflesia micropylora is a holoparasitic plant from Sumatra that grows entirely inside a host vine (Tetrastigma) and produces a giant, foul-smelling flower. It is not grown as a garden or houseplant and cannot be cultivated in ordinary conditions.
Rafflesia micropylora is a parasitic plant species of the genus Rafflesia. It is endemic to Sumatra in Indonesia.
This species was named because of the small opening of its diaphragm or corona. The flowers are 30–60 cm diameter, with the diaphragm opening only 3–9 cm diameter, with an angular (rather than smoothly rounded) margin. Unlike the bold markings of species like R. arnoldi, R. micropylora is covered with a myriad of tiny markings. The very small aperture of the corona makes its identification easy.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rafflesia micropylora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
