Showing posts with label = Rafflesia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label = Rafflesia. Show all posts
Indonesia - Rafflesia
Nice Rafflesia postcard of Indonesia mailed from Denpasar, Bali. Thanks to Jean-Pierre of France.
Brunei - Rafflesia
The top left picture shows Rafflesia pricei - a great addition to my postcard ocllection of Rafflesia. The other flowers are pitcher plant, wild ginger and wild orchid. Nice stamps of flower and butterfly used. Thanks to Saedah of Brunei.
Malaysia - Sabah - Rafflesia
Rafflesia in Sabah National Park. Promotion postcard by Tourism Malaysia.
Malaysia - Sabah - Rafflesia pricei
Postcard 1
Rafflesia pricei flower is found is Sabah of Malaysia in Borneo Island. Nice stamp with Rafflesia flower used. Thanks to Caroline of Sabah, Malaysia. Cool addition to my postcard collection of Rafflesia Flower.
Postcard 2
Rafflesia Precei is named after botanist William Price who found this Raffesia species in Mount Kinabalu in 1960. Thanks to Charle for sending from Sabah, Malaysia.
Postcard 3
Rafflesia pricei is one of 3 species found in Sabah. I bought this postcard in Sabah in 2011.
Rafflesia pricei flower is found is Sabah of Malaysia in Borneo Island. Nice stamp with Rafflesia flower used. Thanks to Caroline of Sabah, Malaysia. Cool addition to my postcard collection of Rafflesia Flower.
Postcard 2
Rafflesia Precei is named after botanist William Price who found this Raffesia species in Mount Kinabalu in 1960. Thanks to Charle for sending from Sabah, Malaysia.
Postcard 3
Rafflesia pricei is one of 3 species found in Sabah. I bought this postcard in Sabah in 2011.
Malaysia - Sabah - Rafflesia Keithii
Postcard 1
A great postcard of Rafflesia at Poring Hot Springs in Sabah, Malaysia. A great addition to my postcard collection of Rafflesia. Thanks to Caroline of Sabah, Malaysia.
Postcard 3
Rafflesia keithii found near Poring Hot Springs in Kinabalu National Park, Sabah. I bought this postcard in Sabah in 2011.
Postcard 3
Rafflesia keithii in Sabah. I bought this postcard in Sabah, 2011.
A great postcard of Rafflesia at Poring Hot Springs in Sabah, Malaysia. A great addition to my postcard collection of Rafflesia. Thanks to Caroline of Sabah, Malaysia.
Postcard 2
Rafflesia keithii is the largest of the species of Rafflesia found in Sabah. It blloms near Kinabalu Park and on the Crocker Range. Thanks to Caroline of Sabah, Malaysia.
Postcard 3
Rafflesia keithii found near Poring Hot Springs in Kinabalu National Park, Sabah. I bought this postcard in Sabah in 2011.
Rafflesia keithii in Sabah. I bought this postcard in Sabah, 2011.
Malaysia - Sabah - Rafflesia Tengku-Adlinii
Rafflesia tengku-adlinii is the smallest Rafflesia species in Sabah and is named after Sabah's most noted conservationists Tengku Datuk Dr. Zainal Adlin. Rafflesia is found only in tropical Southeast Asia where there are over 20 species. Thanks to Caroline of Sabah, Malaysia.
Malaysia - Sarawak - Rafflesia Tuanmudae
Rafflesia Tuanmudae is found in Sarawak, Borneo Island, Malaysia. It is found in Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak. Postcard bought in Sarawak.
Malaysia - Sarawak - Gunung Gading National Park - Rafflesia
Rafflesia is the world's largest flower and gets its nutrition from its host lianas. It can viewed at Gunung Gading National Park, near Kuching, Sarawak. Thanks to Sufia of Sarawak, Malaysia.
Malaysia - Borneo - Rafflesia Species
Here are the species of Rafflesia found in Borneo - Rafflesia tengku adlinii, Rafflesia pricei, Rafflesia keithii, Rafflesia tuanmudae. I bought this postcard in Sabah, 2011.
Why the Rafflesia Flower is so rare? The rafflesia is one of the world's rarest flowers for good reason: nearly perfect conditions must exist for a rafflesia to bloom. First, a Tetrastigma vine - a member of the grape family - must become infected by the parasite. The Tetrastigma is the only vine in the world that can host the endoparasite that create a rafflesia flower. Next, a tiny bud appears on the vine. Many buds rot before maturing, some are even collected to be used as medicine by local people. Over a year, the tiny bud swells to a ball and eventually bursts into a rafflesia flower.
To reproduce, a rafflesia begins to smell like rotting meat near the end of its life cycle. The smell attracts flies which inadvertently carry pollen to other rafflesia flowers, if any, within range. To make matters more difficult, rafflesia flowers are unisex and are usually found within range of the same sex. Insects not only have to carry pollen to another rafflesia, they must take it to the opposite sex and do so within the brief flowering window of three to five days!
If successful, the rafflesia flower produces seedy fruit around six inches in diameter. Although not proven, squirrels and small animals are thought to carry the seeds, helping the rafflesia to spread.
Why the Rafflesia Flower is so rare? The rafflesia is one of the world's rarest flowers for good reason: nearly perfect conditions must exist for a rafflesia to bloom. First, a Tetrastigma vine - a member of the grape family - must become infected by the parasite. The Tetrastigma is the only vine in the world that can host the endoparasite that create a rafflesia flower. Next, a tiny bud appears on the vine. Many buds rot before maturing, some are even collected to be used as medicine by local people. Over a year, the tiny bud swells to a ball and eventually bursts into a rafflesia flower.
To reproduce, a rafflesia begins to smell like rotting meat near the end of its life cycle. The smell attracts flies which inadvertently carry pollen to other rafflesia flowers, if any, within range. To make matters more difficult, rafflesia flowers are unisex and are usually found within range of the same sex. Insects not only have to carry pollen to another rafflesia, they must take it to the opposite sex and do so within the brief flowering window of three to five days!
If successful, the rafflesia flower produces seedy fruit around six inches in diameter. Although not proven, squirrels and small animals are thought to carry the seeds, helping the rafflesia to spread.
Malaysia - Perak - Rafflesia - Belum Rain Forest
Postcard 1
This large parasitic flower is named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles who founded Singapore. Common Rafflesia found in Royal Belum State Park are Rafflesia azlanii, Rafflesia kerrii and Rafflesia cantleyi. I mailed this postcard near Belum, Perak.
This large parasitic flower is named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles who founded Singapore. Common Rafflesia found in Royal Belum State Park are Rafflesia azlanii, Rafflesia kerrii and Rafflesia cantleyi. I mailed this postcard near Belum, Perak.
Postcard 2
Royal Belum Forest of Visit Malaysia Year 2014 postcard. Thanks to Syamirul of Putrajaya.
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