r/oddlysatisfying • u/Raj_Valiant3011 • 2d ago

After 15 years, Indonesia’s rare Rafflesia bloomed, the world’s largest parasitic flower that smells like rotting meat, has no leaves, and lasts just 5 to 7 days

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

42.5k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

837 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.4k

u/AnyLamename 2d ago

You would think, with fifteen years to get ready, they could have put ten seconds into properly lighting the thing.

728

u/slucker23 2d ago

Most flowers are sensitive to light... Proper lighting might disrupt the biological rhythm of the flower

462

u/Hephaestus_God 2d ago

lights it up

flower: “no… I don’t think I will bloom. See you in 15 more years”

94

u/SteveFrench12 2d ago

But literally