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Malaysia - Borneo - the world's largest flower Rafflesia

The rafflesia flower, found in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, is actually a parasite which grows on only one type of vine. When the enormous flower blooms, it emits the smell of rotting meat to attract insects - the rafflesia's only hope for reproduction.

Date: 05/29/2008
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