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One hundred facts that are interesting but ultimately useless.
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#904628 added February 14, 2017 at 4:43pm
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The Giantest Flowers
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The Giantest Flowers
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​​Rafflesia arnoldii (also known as the "corpse flower" due to its scent) produces the largest single flower on the planet, with each mature bloom measuring around a meter (3 ft.) in diameter.

The titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) is another massive species that measures up to three meters tall (~10 ft.). Coincidentally also nicknamed "corpse flower", it is actually considered an "inflorescence" (a cluster of smaller flowers), and so is not technically a contender for R. arnoldii's title.


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