A LAND OF RAFFLESIA Arnoldi | Flower

The world's largest flower is found in many areas in Bengkulu forests, on the slopes of Bukit Barisan Mountains. The flower has a diameter of about one meter in full bloom. It has no visible root or stem, and no leaves. The weigth up to 7 kg, it takes the buds up to 8 months to mature. The flower stays in bloom from 1-15 days and can be seen during the months of September-December. Rafflesia Arnoldi is a big Flower in the worlds, if one visit Rejang Lebong, the Flower was stand at the City Center of CURUP as a monument, that is why, the people call Bengkulu is A LAND OF RAFFLESIA, or in Indonesian means BUMI RAFFLESIA, because in a certain seasons, if we are lucky, we can see a beautiful flower of Rafflesia, in the forest, which appear in periodic of 5 years or more.
The team of the biological diversity expedition Indonesia-Malaysia found the Raflesia kind flower by the team of the diversity expedition in the Kayan Mentarang National Park (TNKM), currently the collaborator's scientist Cifor finds the flower raflesia the new species in the region of the research forest (Malinau Researcah Forest/MRF) Cifor, Seturan, Kabupaten Malinau.
The team that was led by Dave Augery unintentionally found the flower. “Sebenar him they wanted to carry out the research about the wild boar and the sweet bear, but not deliberate found the similar Raflesia flower with the measurement kecil,” said Yani Saloh, the Cifor communication unit, on Thursday (20/11). According to Yani, the flower was found last week. The flower raflesia that measuring around 30 centimetre. Information early, there was several roots in and around the flower that was blossoming that that the possibility of the roots from the flower that did not yet blossom. “Kami planned considered to the location of the findings itu,” said Yani. Beforehand, the team of the Indonesia-Malaysia biodiversity expedition in TNKM found raflesia rare in the Krayan plateau, Nunukan, East Kalimantan, on April 8 2003.
Raflesia the red colour oranye that was blossoming that was found close to the tree root in the height 1.000 metre in sea level. The Krayan community in the Pa Village Raye admitted to knowing the flower and that his flower sheath was used by them as dog food. The species that was found in Kayan Mentarang this was not yet known by his kind. (Ray)