Size matters: An official measuring the rafflesia at Maninjau Forest Conservation in Agam region, West Sumatra. — Xinhua
Padang: Indonesian conservationists say they have 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 111cm in diameter.
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