This specialised organ forms a connection between the two plants, which they use to drain nutrition. Some parasites, such as Rafflesia and Thurber’s stemsucker, grow within the plant and only emerge ...

Rafflesia (Rafflesia keithii), Borneo ... These are the largest trees on Earth. They can grow to nearly 100 metres tall, 11 metres wide and can live for over 3,000 years. Each tree needs 4,000 ...

Orchids were the main focus of Barkman’s research while working on his master’s degree at MSU and into his doctorate program at the University of Texas in Austin, when he conducted research in ...

The corpse flower, also called Rafflesia, is the world’s biggest ... Sometimes, humans will step in and plant seeds themselves - even in unusual ways. An initiative in Kenya has seen children ...

Most of the 40 species of Rafflesia are threatened, but the plant is challenging to protect: it is almost impossible to grow, and its seeds cannot be stored for long periods in the way most ...