Giant blossoms: flowers and flower-likeinflorescences.(a)Victoria amazonica(∼40cm in diameter);(b)Nelumbo nucifera(∼30cm in diameter);(c)Rafflesiaarnoldii(∼1m in diameter; photo © J Holden, with permission);(d)Aristolochiagrandiflora(>1m in median diameter, includingperianthappendage);...
to as high as 28 known species at one point. Sadly, some species are now presumed extinct as they haven’t be seen for decades. The species with the largest flower in the world isRafflesia arnoldii. However, that species is under
RafflesiaflowerThe fetid flower ofRafflesia arnoldii, the largest known flower in the world. The plant is an endoparasite on the vines ofTetrastigma, emerging from its host only to flower. plant family Print Written and fact-checked by