Biggest bloom: 'world's largest' flower spotted in Indonesia

An official measuring a rafflesia flower at Maninjau Forest Conservation in Agam region, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Indonesian conservationists say they've spotted the biggest specimen ever of what's already been billed as one of the world's largest flowers. - AFP

PADANG: Indonesian conservationists say they've spotted the biggest specimen ever of what's already been billed as one of the world's largest flowers.

The giant Rafflesia tuan-mudae -- a fleshy red flower with white blister-like spots on its enormous petals -- came in at a whopping 111 centimetres (3.6 foot) in diameter.