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Rhizanthes zippelii is a leafless, rootless parasitic plant from the Rafflesia family whose giant flowers grow from the roots of Tetrastigma vines in Javan rainforest. It is not a plant that can be grown as a garden or houseplant, and the entry describes the species rather than cultivation.
Rhizanthes zippelii is a species of parasitic flowering plant without leaves, stems, roots, or photosynthetic tissue. Its flowers bud out of the roots of the Tetrastigma vine. It is found in the tropical rainforests of Java. The flowers are reddish-brown, with long hanging tips, and are from 12 to 29 cm across.
Due to the taxonomic changes described above the distribution of Rhizanthes zippelii has changed with the change of perspectives. As it is now defined by Bänzinger and Hansen, Rh. zippelii is an endemic of Java. Rh. zippelii was collected for the first time in western Borneo in 1935, but the identification was based on characters which are now disregarded.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rhizanthes zippelii 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.
