Robert Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 rafflesia ( this was Tuan mudae ) just about 18inches in diameter. Though they are found in different location one of the National parks near kuching was the best site. The best time to see was when they bloom and fresh. By the 4th day they starts to wither. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defalotus Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Thats beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInactiveMoth Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 So big and colourful!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) Too bad you can´t keep it as a house plant.... It´s a beauty, of course. But it indulges in an immoral conduct. ;-) Andreas Edited November 18, 2011 by Andreas Eils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zagato Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 It's a so beautiful plant! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 yes, it's beautiful and large but can't keep it as house plant. someone need to try more experiment to grow in lab, maybe it's possible but at the moment non have succeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel G Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 I love it! Doesn't this really stink? Or am i thinking of something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted November 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 I love it! Doesn't this really stink? Or am i thinking of something else? people have been giving different view of the smell. It's not as bad as dead fish. It's inbetween this and rotten fruit. The first 3 days it doesn't produce any smell but only when it withers and rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 As far as I know Rafflesiae depend on certain lianae in which roots they parasite. I guess this must be very difficult to realise in cultivation. We all had a lot of fun when a young guy on the German CP forum wrote he´d like to grow a Rafflesia. However haven´t I read about a botanical garden on Java which has succeeded in cultivating a Rafflesia species together with its host? Greetings Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff 1 Posted November 20, 2011 Report Share Posted November 20, 2011 magnifique jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted November 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 I have read the news from Sabah and they have also successful cultivating it. But of course the successful rate was very high with the local conditions. It was done not in the lab. http://www.reocities.com/TheTropics/Shores/3187/Rafflesia.html As far as I know Rafflesiae depend on certain lianae in which roots they parasite. I guess this must be very difficult to realise in cultivation. We all had a lot of fun when a young guy on the German CP forum wrote he´d like to grow a Rafflesia. However haven´t I read about a botanical garden on Java which has succeeded in cultivating a Rafflesia species together with its host? Greetings Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Hingst Posted November 21, 2011 Report Share Posted November 21, 2011 Strange flower - and great shots of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Nijman Posted February 11, 2012 Report Share Posted February 11, 2012 You need a kind of Tetrastigma to grow it on. Its of the same family as the grapevine, Vitis vinifera. Well if you live in a tropical climate and you can grow that vine it should be possible in theory to grow Rafflesia. Maybe even possible in a hothouse in colder areas. Something for a botanical garden to try. Here in The Netherlands we can grow the parasite Lathraea clandistina easely on willows. Well Rafflesia should be more difficuld, but worth to try it. Alexander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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