Corpse Flower Stinks of Death I The Green Planet I BBC Earth
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- It appears to have fur, whiskers and teeth. Its blood-red surface is tough and warty, and it reeks of death. But this is no animal…
Rafflesia is also known as the stinking corpse lily because of its powerful scent: rotting meat. But why has it picked this pungent smell?
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A minute to admire a hard work of a finger sized cameraman that got into the flower insides and filmed us everything.
Ant Man his side hustle is paying off.
Don't forget the fact that a cameraman never dies anywhere.!
He shrinks
Even more impressive feat considering the enormous camera they had to carry!
Macro lenses
David Attenborough has got to be the best narrator in several generations. He gave this mammoth of a plant it’s own personality and made it sound frighteningly powerful.
He even made it into a evil genius. His "success", i mean
Sounds like Winnie the Pooh, lol
this is said every video ive watched we get it
@@lebong4606 and you’re going to keep hearing it too
@@Profitglutton90 edgy
I once visited the US Botanic garden, where some of these were blooming. I'm a farmer, and I've been around dead animals. Even in the July heat. So I know how rotting carcasses smell. But to say these flowers are "pungent" is an understatement. One good whiff, and I almost lost my dinner.
no
..this flower is only on malaysia if i'm correct..
@@sstavrlxoxo It’s at a botanical garden, a place where a variety of plants from all over the world are grown and displayed, like a zoo for plants.
@@sstavrlxoxo what part of Botanic garden didn't you understand
it's not in Malaysia, but Indonesia, precisely in Kalimantan or often called Borneo Island where part of Malaysia, part of Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam are located @@sstavrlxoxo
A flower that seems to have sprouted straight from hell and instead of bees pollinating it, it has flies. This is fascinating
Or evolved with a leaf stone.
It's like something out of a Dark Souls game.
Exactly the devils plant you know he tries HARD to be just like God and could never
@@divinefem8793 okay.
I wouldn't be surprised if corpse plants are all over hell. I've read some near death experiences about hell smelling rank.
I did not know it takes them 5 years to bloom. That’s insane.
@@UnknownUser69698 in that case, why havent nerds and geeks gone extinct?
Dennis causes Mr Wilson to miss the blooming every time
how did they film this 🤔
It's actually from 7 to 10 years not 5
5 years also if wather and climate good, possibly could be longer
This planet is so crazy man. How a plant can evolve its own specific adaptations and characteristics is beyond anything I can comprehend. Truly amazing.
Uh... Touched by a leaf stone
Isn’t God good! :) 🌺
@@jackieboud2490 more like scary.
@@jackieboud2490 ignorance breeds faith.
@@ruebke1485 failed condom breed you
Everything about this flower is extraordinary. The 5 years to maturity. The 1 day to reproduce (relying on a fly to find the opposite sex flower, that might ALSO be open that 1 day window). Everything.
Makes one very surprised that this species still manages to survive, considering the odds. Also, this plant just grossed me out through the entire video. That is one gross plant!
@@danielharvison7510 it looks like it will chomp my head off
the answer is god. he keeps it in balance. without him, nothing would last.
@@ay2011 guess he wasn't a fan of dinosaurs huh?
@@Amoogus 😂
This plant always fascinate me ever since I saw it in a book back when I was in elementary school. Even saw it in person when I was in college, I was lucky enough to see it when it was mature and I could smell it’s terrible stench. Plant from another planet
may i ask where you saw it?
Where did you see this plant?
The giant flower only lasted two days most and it will rot. With all the arrangment of transportation and stuff to get there and be able to stare at the whole thing inside, consider yourself lucky.
@@dominiqueedwards1018 It's in his name.
@@ManuEreve username checks out
Mad respect for the dude with a camera waiting years to follow a fly around from one 'flower' to another
why so mad.relax
@@chriskrausesmovie what? 😭
There was once a variation of the plant that grew at my place, and it bloomed in a matter of hours and the entire evening, the entire yard was smelling like an animal died. It was day we knew about the Rafflesia.
Did you mean Amorphophallus or real Rafflesia?
@@angelicamartacahyaningtyas9083 not the real one, but one that is similar to it. Same rotten blood colour and all
Holup, how did the flower even get there?
@@ryuxo9535 idk. My dad and I never knew what kind of plant it was when we say it sprout off the ground and decided to leave it there to see what it becomes. We learnt a good lesson with that one. The smell was HORRIFIC. You could easily smell it in a 20m radius from the flower. My dad had to use his respirator to get close to it without gagging and cut it.
I thought i smelled one but im so glad it wasnt luckily it was just the dead corpse in the ground of my yard
Sir David is 95 years old. I grew up with his spectacular nature documentaries. Learned so much about how the eco systems work with plants and animals on every continent. He dedicated his live for nature and science .Very professional camera crews and editing from the very start. A true living legend!
be Muslim
i feel like the most credit should be given to whoever films and figures out how to film stuff like this, its absolutely insane how they can get footage like this.
Sir David Attenborough truly is a treasure to be appreciated by the world, nobody will ever compare!
Indeed inspiring. He's clearly fully intent on doing his thing for as long as possible. And nature always has more for David to narrate :)
😃
He is great but his jobs easy compared to the guys getting that footage....
i prefer sir lewis hamilton
Him and his crew have polluted more places than any nature crew on the planet.
Fun fact: instead of waiting five years for the flower to bloom you can use a leaf stone to make it evolve faster.
@@rararazputin1708 no shit thats the joke bud! Better luck next time!
Vileplume best boy
Prepare for the wrath of the Vile-Pile!!
Don’t use a sunstone tho. You’ll get an entirely different flower
true
Nature is mostly beautiful but sometimes disgusting but it's always fascinating..
when he announces the name... it sent chills down my spine... he's the only one that can narrate this kinda thing with the powerful effect they're going for.
No he's not. The thing is, 99% of 'popular' music are made by 0.1% of all musicians. A lot of people can do what Dave does, he's just the household name.
Was going to like but it’s already at 187 likes I’ll leave it right there
Might have to do with the HORROR MUSIC in the background
@@bradleymcdonald6273 And the creaking noises as the flower bloomed lol
@@VideoSaySo yeah hahaha... Takes 5 years... So that sound must be what it sounds like when compressed... It slowly creaks for 5 years 😂🤔
the fact that these flowers are really rare, and dont flower all at same time.. it is freaking miracle that two meet at same time, also for people wondering why it tooks so much time to flower and for so short time - it is parasitic, so it takes some time to get resources, and most importantly, it tries to imitate dead animal - the stench to create, the special adaptations and most importantly - the heat costs a lot of energy
Considering its nature, it's pretty reasonable as to how it was able to create such a niche for itself. The development of the scent specifically attracted the one animal that could work with it while warning other animals that might have eaten it away. The entire system to pollenate is kind of amazing because it's not hard to do. The real issue is how LONG it takes to reach the blooming stage because most plants don't really wait that long. The Corpse Flower has a long lifespan for a flower and can bloom multiple times, but the timing means it really isn't going to be reproducing at a good rate.
Had to say, the best BBC earth clip ever produced. amazing work.
I just want to point out that I already had the AMAZING experience of smelling this flower, the smell remained in my nose for days and I lost count of HOW MANY TIMES I almost vomit just by remembering how this stinks, literally reeks like death
So If you ever are lucky enough to find one of these plants, never smell it, it's instant regret
Sound's like a challenge..
…yea, they’re definitely not warning you lol
doesn't sound like luck
And not to mention it is highly venomous. You must have been in the hospital for days.
Yeah it's terrible but this dude is just dramatic.
My Pops told me about this flower about 45 years ago and I was amazed then, but, even MORE AMAZED at this video.
Thank you 🏵️
Just how old are you ?
@@cocvillage5283 you never ask a lady how old she is. mind ur own bis.
@@groupie8985 shut up how old are you
@@groupie8985 you are not her . shame on you , you should mind your own business .
@@cocvillage5283 coc troops
david is an amazing narrator he is the only person I know that can make learning actually interesting nobody can replace him
There’s a botanical garden in Berkeley, CA that houses many exotic plants, corps plant included. Every few years, folks there would publicize the impending bloom of this huge, stinky plant. People would visit there during that narrow window of bloom to experience and watch in person the truly awful, rotting smell of the corpse flower. 😄
I work at the kaiser labs in berkeley, which garden is it?
@@supersaiyanbino The one that's on the University of California
@Super Saiyan Bino Yes, it’s the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden. As a UCB employee, you can visit the garden free of charge. It is located uphill from the Cal Stadium.
I tried posting some links in reply earlier, but my responses just disappeared after some time. Hope this helps. Go Bears! 🐻
like myself, such disgusting beauty.
We have one in Washington DC. Beautiful plant 🪴.
Kudos to the cameraman who waited 5 years for this flower to bloom!
😆
@@pernilla2962 he might be dead and just a skeleton but boy did he get some great footage
The cameraman definitely need a raise
LOL!
@@jackraptor695 he was raised to heaven
世界最大の花、ラフレシア。
開花前の蕾を見つけるのも大変な上、開花するとかなりの異臭がするらしいですね😢
見つけて異臭の中を撮影し続けたカメラマンの方に、ただただ尊敬の一言です❗️
素晴らしい映像を、ありがとうございました✨🙏✨
If Sir David Attenborough is willing to speak, then I'm willing to listen.
So are we
I heard this plant smells similar to Joe Biden when he pooped his pants while visiting the pope.
Even the supreme leader acknowledges Sir David Attenborough
@@jamesmonroe3043 Video about plant
Some moron: HURRRR POLITICKS
@@stefevr I guess a Mr. Poopypants reference is a touchy subject for some. I didn't intend to offend anyone. Oooops.
I actually feel fear watching a short documentary about a flower. Well done to the sound crew or whoever edits the music
My ear is ringing!!
It doesn't just sounds or smells toxic, it truly looks trypophobia triggering kind of toxic.
If I came across one of these, I’d thing it was an alien from another planet.
@@u4riahscNow imagine the worst of it like in here, but from another planet.
How does one even manage to capture such footage is beyond me. The dedication, the patience, the determination... Astounding!
EDIT: Well, the question was answered: ua-cam.com/video/uIRJKT4WDtI/v-deo.html
Anything small, like insects or small mammals like mice is staged. What do I mean by staged?;- For example David Attenborough did a documentary on insects & arthropods a couple years ago. The scorpions fighting each other were filmed on an artificial stage created purely for the shot. They threw male preying mantids at female ones until they finally got the shot of her eating her mate. This is not a secret, the behind the scenes video at the end of the documentary showed the process.
@@glenbe4026 really, do u have any link for behind the scenes video? I always wondered what type of camera and software that they are using, i mean it looks good at zoming and even can fit into small hole and of course how they edit this.
@@frey439 heres one link. There are other vidos around on youtube and dailymotion. ua-cam.com/video/-9IvkXs_ISI/v-deo.html
With a camera thank me later
@@choruzvargas4009 why you did nothing? lmao
These things have scared and baffled me since the time I saw one in my Animal Crossing town as a kid, they're cool but horrifying. I wasn't aware they had genders either, they're like a fine blend of plant, mammal, and eldrich horror.
Same! I was super confused when I saw it playing AC as a kid and never actually realised it was a real thing until many years later. Weird but absolutely fascinating!
We’re all doomed if it starts saying ‘ Feed Me!’🤣
Omg that means my town in AC must've smelled like death while it bloomed 😅
To me, they always looked like an open-mouthed face with no visible eyes, which creeped me out.
Don't forget about Pokemon Red(Gloom/Vileplume)
Never witnessed the amount of patience and hope/faith needed by an organism, waiting for something to work.
These clips never fail to entertain and amaze and enlighten.
shits edited like i should fear for my life fr
@@teratoma. Time-lapse is amazing
I do very much agree with you about the consistent nature of the channel! Although I may not have been a subscriber until this moment, I digress hahaha!
Why does that flower produce animal sperm. Very sus
@@teratoma. thanks for the lol
it's a wonder these things even manage to exist... needing 5 years to grow then flowering for a single day and needing another to have grown for 5 years then flower on the same day...
if you think of it their strategy is pretty effective... they grow in jungles where no one would absolutely bother about their stinking smell, and there are tons of insects around looking for that smell and make them carry pollen -- they live rent free
@@TheTriangle444 how does evolution or mutation know to evolve or mutate in such a way. I can understand an animal but a plant. Plants must have thoughts then 🤔
@@thatoneguyRyan1 well plants are living things too... you should be wondering how some plants turned into carnivores
@@TheTriangle444 exactly. Same thing with those types of plants. The plant decided blood tastes better than photosynthesis 🤯
@@thatoneguyRyan1 it doesn't know, it just tries a bunch of different things and the best ones are the ones that live longer. The other mutation just die because they are not as affective
Shout out to the cameramen who holds their breath the entire time filming this
The way Sir Attenborough is narrating this just feels so intense 👏👏👏
The best
@@jellyfishi_ and he's right
Sir?? was he knighted by the queen.
@@ineffekt was that a question or a statement?
@@ineffekt yes more than once. I think
I grew up watching Sir David Attenborough on his Wild Life series. He is a legend.
Indeed a good exseple when the paridis paradisia birt is doing its mating cals he says sorry and verry well then . Im talking abount the bird of peridise (sorry foor the terrible english)
Nice name
always at least one comment on every video like this, thanking a camera man, just to gather likes.
My guy had to:
-Watch 2 flower buds grow
-Smell the rotting scent of the flower
-Put his camera and practically his hand inside the thing
-Capture a video of a fly entering the inside of the male Raflesia plant
-Follow the same fly to another Raflesia plant.
Honestly, kudos to this guy and his dedication.
i rate him _atTen/atTen_
Nah mate its staged. How they gonna follow a fly? LOL
According to comments here, most of these things are staged and shot in studios... Also, with the right equipment for micro shots like these you don't actually have to put the camera inside or that close.
He prolly didn't follow the fly he probably sat at the female one and waited
Fly is a paid actor
Ohh BBC crew..! How do you film a fly inside of a flower without disturbing anything..!! Genius
Exactly. Unmatchable!
I wondered this too, the talent to do this seems to be perfection of skill.
Fly is the paying actors,.
@@faysalmullaire2263 nonsense! The germ is the cameraman.
@@codename.ken-z ha I knew it 😹
Rafflesia - the world's largest flower is about to disappear forever.
Just like to say thankyou to the guys who built Triffid and then to those who filmed 🎥 for many many days to bring us this great film, every part was fantastic, also thanks to everyone who contributed....So appreciate it 😊
yes he say 5 years fore the flower to open.... omg how long did they take to film this
@@Golden-Boy- yes amazing!
had the chance to see this magnificent flower before my eyes in my own country, Malaysia. It was not just the flower that captured my eyes, the surrounding where the flower bloomed at somehow brought more meaning to the experience.
This is endemic flower in Bengkulu, Indonesia
Thats the highest level of nature cinematographie, its allmost magical.
Salute to fella who did the camera work. Being around that monster is challenge on it's own.
The filming quality, the explanation, staging, it's all amazing.
I want to send one to my ex-wife.
the fact that it takes 5 years to bloom makes you appreciate this vid
THIS IS THE FLOWER THAT GREW ON YOUR ANIMAL CROSSING ISLAND WHEN YOU HAD 0 STARS
nope, it's the one you see grow in Wild World and City Folk. dunno for New Leaf, but in New Horizons it doesn't appear. and it's not when you had 0 stars, it was when you neglected your town.
THANK YOU
Never thought I’d say I’m scared of a flower
Its not that scary in person, don't worry
have you heard of the pitcher plants
@@wnmaisarah I KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT THAT KNOW A PLANT
its not that scary, when i was a child this flower bloomed unknowingly on my yard lol but for a very short time though
I am fortunate to saw one many years ago. It bloom beautifully. Located near the Kinabalu Mountain, I am fortunate to pass the area at the same day. Cannot resist to stop and observe one. Thats the only time I seen Raflessia. I never forget how magnificient it really look.
Anda perlu lihat di tempat asalnya agar bisa lebih poas
It's insane how such a thing has evolved to be pollinated in such a unique way.
Insane? Well, for very all those so called scientists, professors and learned people it's not insane. Not even remarkable. They already have an answer (which they have never been and will never be able to understand or explain without lying or pretending) : Random mutations and natural selection through million of years. The thing is Do you believe them? If so, why ? Because you have to?
@@sherzadhaji4239 ok, so God made it! 😏
@@sherzadhaji4239 Right, you're the one who's got it all figured out.
@@Rubenz343 No, it's not me who figured it out. There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who believe that the sun (696,340 km radius & 147.15 million km far ) and the moon (1,737.4 km radius & 384,400 km far) have a perfect size match in a solar eclipse because of... cosmic coincidence...mother nature... luck ...
And there are those who believe there is a creator. Neither side can give give a clear explanation without BELIEVING a story that's not easy to accept and understand. It's a matter of faith. People choose to believe in what they want to believe. I don't believe in "millions of years of random mutations"
I don't believe a parasitic worm figured out how to live inside the antennas of a snail and control its mind to force it to climb a tree and stay there motionless until a bird comes and eats the snail and then that worm lays it's eggs inside that bird,and later the bird poops, another snail comes and eats from that poop, the eggs hatch and the larvae grow inside the new host snail... just because Mother Nature loves INSANE coincidences.
Yeah, almost like it was designed to do so..
The way the video is narrated makes one pays full attention.
i have a feeling the man narrating this is wearing blue robes and hat with a star pattern
This bloomed at a botanical garden in Vancouver Canada a couple of months ago and I saw it in person. IT STINKS.
Rip your nose
Lucky eyes
My grandma used to keep Raflesias in her garden. This was back when our village was just part of the Bornean jungle
she used them to hide the smell of the actual bodies she buried back there
@@avarosetilly lmao
Thanks for the idea! /joke
Im from Brunei which part of Borneo did u live in?
@@SCARED0FW0MAN3 sames
@@Kimi252 jeez what a small world we live in, where did you used to live
this flower once bloomed in the forest near my house 4 years ago, where this flower is a characteristic of my area and is often found here, sadly now it is getting rare and rarely found anymore.:(
How's the smell?
Bart:” Ewww, Mom! The plant cut one!”
where are you from ?
How does the fly actually die?
That's a good thing? Don't forget that these are parasitic plants.
This is what inspired the pokemon Vileplume. As a kid I was so fascinated with these flowers, but I thought it was pronounced raw-fleshia.
I was looking for this comment😂
5 years to bloom and 1 day to be pollinated 😭 it's so beautiful ❤️😍 I could see The Addams Family having this flower in their rose 🌹 garden.
Yesss !!
Now I know why my Animal Crossing town keeps getting a terrible rating… at first I thought “oh the weeds and this flower don’t look too bad”. After watching this video… my perception of this flower is forever changed.
omg...
Had a vague memory of seeing this flower in my AC Wild World town, at the time I had no idea what it was!
@@rrations Me too. Tried to dug at it, smash it with my net back then but none would do lol
@@asabovesobelow7461 Pretty sure 9-year-old me did the exact same. Guessing we time travelled a lot and didn't clear up the weeds? Lol
Yeah, in most Animal Crossing games Rafflesia only appears if your village is the absolute worst/dirtiest it can be. (Kind of the opposite of the Jacob's Ladder.) Because of that, it's actually one of the most rare items in the game.
The flower itself is incredible how it evolved into this form. However, the filming is beyond amazing!
The balance between everything is so crazy to me. How this flower is a result of successful reproduction through tricking insects into thinking it's a dead animal corpse by producing a chemical that smells like one. That's so insane how many different types of strategies for success there are with living beings.
My mind is always blown by how these BBC photographers manage to get these amazing shots for these programs.
Turned this whole thing into a horror movie, so BRITISH!
@@jellyfishi_ it's not like he's advocating for depopulation by means of genocide. He probably just wants people to have less kids etc. Calm down
@@Shsjier People having less kids happens naturally once countries enter a certain stage of development anyway.
Considering how many flies this thing must draw, being a meter across and apparently the smell of death. I'm sure those flies are steadily on the hunt for this, keeping them alive and reproducing for centuries.
Sir David Attenborough's most climactic word when anything has had sex: SUCCESS!
This Corpse Flower kind of looks like Anakin after we finished our duel.
I cant imagine how a plant can evolve like this..
Dude, I'm thinking the same thing
It is not evolution it is creation
This is known as Commensalism. Commensalism is a very common component of evolution and has been since the first eukaryotes.
@@lilyoyo77 I used to believe in Santa Clause too.
@@GokuLevelKi I used to believe that the universe came from nothing and that pokemon can happen in real life.
that thumbnail is pure demogorgon style.
Props to the camera man for standing there for 5 years straight!
I like how they are talking about the color of a flower ominously that only stinks
One of the things i like in this video aside from the satisfying narration is this "from its center come the pungent odour of death"
I must say, GameFreak really upped themselves with these graphics. This forest and Vileplume look incredible
and they got David Attenborough to narrate, this really is the best Pokémon game
Took five years for Gloom to evolve into Vileplume… what a grind!
Coulda just used a leaf stone and save 5 years
Best plant video
Just love David’s voice, he can make the worse things nice. I’ve been lucky enough to have grown up watching and listening to him for decades, part of the family..
The videography team should be given some appreciation for this astounding film.🙌🏽
Nice Work, Realistic, Devious and Smooth Graphics, a whole film and pairs are realistic. So..smooth..
Kudos to the cameraman who put his head in that flower just to get those shots.
It is probably a spy camera. Its like a drone, that doesn't fly. The cameraman just controls it from afar.
Definitely. enduring the stench of that flower is no joke
@@poulomi__hari you missed the joke
@@poulomi__hari you missed the humour lol
@@LKH9Channel *Humor
You gotta speak American here
Hats of to the videography team! Amazing of you to capture every second of life!
The footage is beyond belief. Amazing!
Fascinating. I love strange flora. The more unusual and alien-like, the better.
strange flora, insects and fish. Also the deep of the ocean is all fun to learn about
@@Zen-751 I totally agree. We've explored local space more than our own oceans.
Same feelings here, I've also always been intrigued by strange organisms. ✨
I am always fascinated by nature! xx
I still remember that I got one of these in my village (animal crossing wild world) and I never knew why , it just appeared one day and never got away
Here for David's voice. 😍😍
Most of us, I think 😌
Tbh I wasnt too disturbed until he mentioned that ITS A GODDAMN METER WIDE
no one is gonna talk about how much this flower looks like a demogorgon from ST??
2:12 😂 his expression says everything
xD
I remember the first time I saw and smelled one two years ago on a mountain here in the Philippines. If you know the vile odor of a putrefying rat, that's exactly how it smells!
Glad I don't know how both smell like
Damn, that’s terrible.
I wonder why it smells like that
@@Icetea-2000 The flowers smell the way that they do to attract carrion flys and other insects that usually are only attracted to rotting meat. The same flies and insects then crawl around in it and fly away to hopefully pollinate the female flower.
I’m guessing this flower has continued to survive because it doesn’t have to compete with the abundance of sweet smelling flowers that are usually pollinated by bees and butterflies etc.
@@numerum_bestia I wonder how it makes that smell though. Because if it’s only slightly different and exists for millions of years, eventually the flies would notice the difference genetically right? Although no, why would they, there is no natural selection here, it’s not carnivorous, it’s just pollination like any other flower.
i love the camera work and sound design, truly captivating!
I always am astonished of all that camera perspectives
about a couple months ago i was able to see this flower in person! the one i saw was a smaller type, but still large nonetheless (barely half a meter across if i recall correctly) the smell wasnt too bad, or maybe i was lucky, but one thing for sure is that this flower is magnificent.
Everyone’s praising David Attenborough, but no one is talking about the film crew. I have no idea how they do it. They’re awesome!
Me, an intellectual: Ah, a Gloom evolving into a Vileplume.
The carrion fly carrying the pollen to the female Rafflesia:
*You know, I'm something of a mailman myself*
You could say the pollen was the fly's *_Carry-on_*
never thought I'd be scared shitless by a flower.
This flower is exactly what I would have a nightmare of being eaten by.
Until you know, this flower also using for ceritain ritual (mostly for herbal medicine or spritual medicine)
@EightFootSativa LOL😅
Don't have words to explain the amount of imagination and work it might have taken to show the beauty of nature at its core.
Cameraman actually tracked a fly when it goes from male to female. That's more intriguing.
Pretty cool flower, doesn't look like it's from here. Can't even begin to imagine the kind of stuff that grows on other planets.
You can literally bury a body beneath a raflesha flower, and they will never suspect the rotting smell.
noted thanks.
literally
5 years to bloom and only 1 day to pollinate. thats a corpse flower !!!!
When I was a kid, I went to Malaysia to see this flower. But the guide said it died five days ago. I thought, "Oh well, I'll come back when I'm an adult". Two years ago, my fiancee and I were planning our trip to Malaysia to see this flower. But covid happened. I thought, "Oh well, the time will come. Maybe when I retire?". I wonder what's gonna happen the third time.
You went all the way to Malaysia just to see a plant? Damn
@Nikhil S With your explanation, no one would ever understand.
Wow! I believe you will get this checked off your list 😊
Счастливые внуки 😊
@@nduwingoma Its one in a life time experience to witnessing a corpse flower blooming. It is so rare in nature and hard to find. only a lucky one can see it.
Their Videos are just awesome... like how do they manage it to go inside n outside the flowers🤔😅... their creativity is awesome & That's why this channel is my favourite ♥️💥