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Rafflesia: a botanical cabinet of wonders
A Rafflesia bloom can spread a full yard across.
Its flower weighs about fifteen pounds.
It has no ordinary visible leaves, and no independent stem-and-root system of its own.
It grows as a parasite on wild vines, feeding through hidden threads in their living tissue.
Its bloom gives off a tainted-beef odor.
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