It's carrion flower Grows in Fields

Four days later the flowers had started to wilt, crown was already shut. "It seems indeed already started to wilt. All this time I leave, because they do not know how to take care of him," said Huda.

She told him, last night before finding the dead flowers, she had a hunch when sleeping. In his dream, he cut his own banana tree.

"I do not know whether the meanings of dreams. But clearly, the next day I saw a banana in the fields next to the house. It was then that I found the corpse flower is located just next to the banana tree," said the man who worked at the Timber Mill Storage Area Roads Kalianak 55, Surabaya.

Meanwhile, his wife, Kasmini, admitted that he had since two weeks ago to see the flower buds. However, he did not expect such interest is a rare flower that does not grow in any place.

"I think tunasnya banana tree. Because there are close to a banana tree. So I do not suspect and let him alone," said 34-year-old woman.

Looking ahead, it does not have a plan against the interest. However, if there are researchers or government who will buy it, he allows, and do not mind.

"As if it wanted to buy. The result will be I can use to school children and donate the cost of construction of a mosque near the house," said Kasmini.

Known, the name comes from the flowers that smell like rotting carcasses, which meant in fact to invite beetle and fly pollinators for flowers.

Corpse flower is also often used as a nickname for the giant Rafflesia patma arnoldii.

In nature, these plants usually live in moist rain forest areas. This flower is also the official flower of the province of Bengkulu.

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Puspa for Rafflesia No More Rare

Rafflesia flower habitats that are relatively still awake at this time is on Protected Forest Hill Leaves register 5. During this time, the forest in a register is maintained covering approximately four hectares Puspa Rare Care Team.

"Since we often oversee growth and development of Rafflesia in this location, browser seems afraid to go even further. The location of the nearest most browsers also 50 meters from the location of Rafflesia flowers are blooming now," said Holidin.

Yesterday, an orange flower Rafflesia Arnoldi perfect bloom. Flower diameter of 68 centimeters has been blooming for three days. Its existence is only 300 meters from Highway Bengkulu-Kepahiang attracts many visitors from various walks of life.

In the next month, according to Holidin, there are still two Rafflesia flowers that will bloom. One interest is expected to bloom within two weeks and the flowers only bloom for another month predicted. The location of the two rates is not far from the flower that blooms yesterday.

One visitor, Parkatono (40), said they were proud and thrilled to see the Rafflesia flower directly. "All this just to see from the pictures alone. But now finally able to see first hand," he said.

Parkatono that almost every day passing in Bengkulu, Jalan Raya-Kepahiang transporting sand from Curup, Rejang Lebong hopes Rafflesia flower forest habitat is not destroyed. If the forest as habitat destroyed flower Rafflesia flower is not impossible Bengkulu community pride will be extinct.

Holidin hope, the government cares about Rafflesia flowers with more serious about protecting forests. "We have been doing to preserve the Rafflesia flower. We hope the government is serious about managing forests so as not encroached upon the public," he said.

TPPL has 10 years menangkarkan Rafflesia flower in their own land, an area of ​​three hectares. Already 200s had their tangkarkan trees and 23 of them bloom.

In addition to Rafflesia flower, also plant TPPL carrion flower (Amorphophallus sp.) Until now four types of flowers that had grown TPPL carcass.

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