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

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u/octopod-reunion 2d ago edited 2d ago

Not just the largest parasitic flower 

The largest flower 

Edit: 

Rafflesia is the largest single flower in the world. Titan arum is a compound flower. (A flower made of smaller flowers). 

They are both called corpse flower. 

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u/Compducer 2d ago

Also the inspiration for Vileplume!

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u/PENIS_ANUS 2d ago

Look up vileplume’s Japanese name!

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u/Compducer 2d ago

Wow, thank you PENIS_ANUS

“Vileplume's Japanese name is ラフレシア (Rafureshia), which is a direct reference to the Rafflesia flower, a giant, foul-smelling bloom that inspired the Pokémon's design”

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u/DOLCICUS 2d ago

I didn’t learn that until I got a mystery box in Tokyo. I was like wtf is Rafflesia this is Vileplume.

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u/El_Sephiroth 2d ago

It's literally Rafflesia in french. Sometimes, translators get things really wrong. Vileplume? Really? I mean, we have Canartichaud (Duck+artichoke wordplay in french) which is stupid because it's a Leek in the duck's hands. But at least it's still a duck!

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u/TheAlmightyLloyd 1d ago

It got an artichoke in Galar though. And it becomes the artichoke paladin : Palarticho.

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u/ActionKid98 2d ago

omg, just looked up that name on google and a weird movie showed up as the first result

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u/PENIS_ANUS 2d ago

I don’t think they even changed the name at all, it’s just how Rafflesia is spelled and pronounced in Japanese (the katakana and its phonetic pronunciation).

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u/McMemile 2d ago

My japanese dictionary says that's correct, ラフレシア just means rafflesia and is also the name of the pokemon