Corpse Lily.

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Nivel de cuidados

Difícil

Tipo de planta

Parasitic plant

Luz

Deep shade

Luz en interior

Luz baja

Riego

Cada 0 días

Tamaño adulto

3 feet in diameter

Ritmo de crecimiento

Lento

Rusticidad

USDA 11 a 12

Floración

Irregular, typically following heavy rains

Cuidados

This plant cannot be grown in a home garden because it requires a specific host vine and a complex rainforest ecosystem. It is a parasite that relies on Tetrastigma vines for all its nutrients. Do not attempt to cultivate this species outside of its native habitat.

Riego

This plant relies on its host vine for water.

Abonado

This plant does not require fertilizer as it is a parasite.

Poda

Pruning is not applicable for this species.

Trasplante

This plant cannot be potted or moved.

Suelo

Not applicable

pH del suelo

Not applicable

Temperatura

18 a 30°C

Humedad

80 a 100%

Seguridad

Personas

The plant is not considered toxic, but its extreme odor makes it unpalatable.

Niños

Keep children away as the plant is rare and its scent is highly off-putting.

Alérgenos por contacto

Contact with the decaying tissues can be unpleasant due to bacteria.

Alérgenos en el aire

The intense odor of rotting meat can trigger nausea in sensitive individuals.

Comestibilidad

This plant is not edible and possesses no culinary value.

Cómo identificarla

• Massive five lobed fleshy flower
• Strong odor of decaying flesh
• Reddish brown petals with white spots
• Lacks stems and leaves
• Grows directly on host vines

Altura

0,1 a 0,2m

Anchura

0,7 a 1m

Hojas

deciduous

Flores

red, white, 70 a 100cm

Frutos

brown, Late summer

Problemas frecuentes

• Habitat destruction — The loss of host vines leads to the death of the parasite.

Cómo cultivarla

Propagación

seed

This plant cannot be cultivated in a garden setting.

Buenas compañeras

• Tetrastigma leucostaphylum — This is the essential host plant required for the parasite to survive.

Especies parecidas

• aro titán — Often confused due to its large size and foul odor.

Ciencia

Familia

Rafflesiaceae

Género

Rafflesia

Orden

Malpighiales

Clase

Magnoliopsida

Distribución natural

Rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo.

Conservación

This species is threatened by habitat loss and is protected in its native range.

It lives as an endoparasite within the stems of Tetrastigma vines.

Valor para la fauna

attracts carrion beetles for pollination

Polinizadores

escarabajos

Usos

botanical curiosity

Taxonomía cotejada con GBIF.

Lo que más preguntan

Can I grow this at home?

No, it is an obligate parasite that requires specific host vines found only in rainforests.

Why does it smell so bad?

The scent mimics rotting flesh to attract carrion flies and beetles for pollination.

De dónde viene el nombre

Named after Sir Stamford Raffles and Dr. Joseph Arnold who discovered it in 1818.

Bueno saberlo

• It has no visible leaves, stems, or roots.
• The flower smells like rotting meat to attract pollinators.
• It spends most of its life inside the tissues of its host vine.
• The buds can take months to develop before blooming for only a few days.

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