6 LARGEST FLOWERS
In The World
Rafflesia Arnoldi has the largest single bloom of all of the largest flowers. The herb, which is native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia, can grow up to three feet in diameter and weighs more than 24 pounds.
Rafflesia Arnoldi
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It is not always as easy as counting blooms to award the designation of “largest flower.” Amorphophallus titanum, with an inflorescence that can reach a height of 10 feet, is not a small plant by any means.
Amorphophallus titanum
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The “Talipot palm,” Corypha umbraculifera, is the largest flowering plant with a branched inflorescence. This literally means that, rather than blooming from a single stem.
Corypha umbraculifera
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Though the blooms are tiny when they emerge, the plant itself may be huge. Pando, a clonal colony of a single male tree that is thought to occupy more than 107 acres in Utah
Pando
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On the other hand, Pando lacks the scale and age of Posidonia, a flowering grass that thrives in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Australia. Posidonia oceanica, like quaking aspen, grows in clonal colonies.
Posidonia
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Though the world’s largest flowers are typically found in remote rainforests and botanical gardens, the more popular sunflower is undeniably the largest flower.
Helianthus annuus
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