Rafflesia, a.k.a. Corpse Flower
Episode 85 of the Herbarium of the Bizarre podcast, hosted by Meredith Hemphill, titled "Rafflesia, a.k.a. Corpse Flower" was published on July 18, 2025 and runs 12 minutes.
July 18, 2025 ·12m · Herbarium of the Bizarre
Summary
Meet the world’s biggest (and possibly stinkiest) flowers.Music by James Milor from PixabayInformation provided by:https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/world/worlds-largest-flower-indonesia-scn-trnd/index.htmlhttps://www.britannica.com/plant/RafflesiaPlants That Kill: A Natural History of the World’s Most Poisonous Plants by Elizabeth A. Dauncey and Sonny Larson (2018)https://www.kew.org/plants/rafflesia-arnoldihttps://parasiticplants.siu.edu/Rafflesiaceae/Raff.arn.page.htmlhttps://richardniesenbaum.com/plants-people-2/rafflesia/https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/02/colossal-blossomhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia
Episode Description
Meet the world’s biggest (and possibly stinkiest) flowers.
Music by James Milor from Pixabay
Information provided by:
- https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/03/world/worlds-largest-flower-indonesia-scn-trnd/index.html
- https://www.britannica.com/plant/Rafflesia
- Plants That Kill: A Natural History of the World’s Most Poisonous Plants by Elizabeth A. Dauncey and Sonny Larson (2018)
- https://www.kew.org/plants/rafflesia-arnoldi
- https://parasiticplants.siu.edu/Rafflesiaceae/Raff.arn.page.html
- https://richardniesenbaum.com/plants-people-2/rafflesia/
- https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/02/colossal-blossom
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia