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The rafflesia makes the biggest single flower in the entire world! Its enormous reddish-orange bloom can grow up to three feet across, which is about as wide as a car tire. The rafflesia grows in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia.

This plant has no leaves, no stem, and no roots at all! It lives hidden inside a jungle vine like a secret passenger, and you cannot even tell it is there until the giant flower suddenly bursts out. Just like the corpse flower, the rafflesia smells terrible, which is a clever trick to attract flies that help it make seeds.