Rafflesia

A parasitic flowering plant. The flower development takes 9-15 months. It only fully opens for 5-7 days.

[Monica]

Interesting flower, I had never seen one before!

[Corinne C]

What an unusual flower!

[Suzanne]

Great shot. And a brave shot. Could you smell it as you were taking the shot? Also called the stinking corpse lily as it smells terrible.

[Shutterbug]

Wow! Fascinating plant. Beautiful capture. Where did you find this?

[bkb in the city]

Very cool

[Brian]

Well found and captured.

[Kathy A]

I was lucky to see one of these in Borneo

[Shook Chung]

@shutterbug49 I saw this at Sabah, Malaysia (North Borneo) @ankers70. The smell wasn't too bad. @kjarn I saw two. This one was on day three after blooming, about 2.5 feet in diameter.