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Rafflesia is a parasitic behemoth that has baffled scientists since its discovery. Taking years to grow from seed to flower, it undergoes most of its long life hidden discreetly on the forest floor. When finally ready, it explodes into the largest flower in the world.
As an incredibly fussy grower, Rafflesia is rare even in pristine rainforest environments. Armed with some creative thinking and an endless supply of patience, the team at Bogor Botanical Gardens embarked on an outrageous quest to grow the flower in the middle of a bustling city...
00:00 A surprise in the garden
00:23 Meet Sofi
00:47 The Beautiful Beast
01:37 Rafflesia's Lifecycle
03:11 Grafting technique
03:58 Planting from seed
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Views : 171,545
Genre: People & Blogs
Date of upload: Oct 5, 2023 ^^
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Top Comments of this video!! :3
Sofi is an inspiration! To graft an infected section of vine to another vine in the hope of "transplanting" the Rafflesia was truly thinking outside the box. What a remarkable and dedicated person!
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What I like most about this channel is that whenever a speaker speaks, they don't dub it as what other channels do. They simply let the speaker speak comfortably and make the language/dialect known to others. It is a tiny detail that speaks a lot of inclusivity within diversity. Genius!
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Im a Bogor citizen and just found out more details about Rafflesia in my town from this channel. I'm embarrassed and proud at the same time
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I feel like I could step on that flower and I’d either catch a disease, or be yeeted into the air.
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The Ivysaurs and Venusaurs are very grateful for Sofi! to grow their flowers! Keep up the good work!
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Thank you for your work, ma’am! For those who are surprised that the flower exists in other place than their own, there’s actually more than one species of the Rafflesia genus. The one mentioned in this video is Rafflesia patma which can only be found in Java. This is also the island where the first Rafflesia was discovered by the Western world in the late 18th century, specifically by a French naturalist named Louis Dechamps. Unfortunately for him, the British took away his notes and then hijacked his entire work. The crafty British went on to name the genus after their own governor general Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles 🤭
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salute to all botanist in the world
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Bengkulu native here. Had the experience of witnessing the flower bloom in its native habitat near Kemumu waterfall, Bengkulu. It was 2-hour-ish journey from my home. Initially we did not plan to see the flower, but once we arrived at the waterfall there was a sign that said there was a rafflesia blooming, so say no more. Seeing it live is really amazing, and I also found out that It was not as smelly as I thought. Overall, it was definitely worthed to see it once in your lifetime.
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What an amazing woman! She explained everything so beautifully and it's clear that her passion and intellect have and will make a difference!
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I love her use of the word freeloader.
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The garden is really amazing!
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My grandparents have seen alot of this type of plant in their "villa" near the river, but sadly they decided to remove it, since the bad smell bothers them(they didn't know that it was an endangered plant, in Bali, (not even a rainforest). They also told me that my great grandmother tried to boil and eat the "tuber" of the plant(which probably a random plant that got the seed in its roots), and they said that her tougue got itchy XD.
Now I'm really happy that they bloomed outside their habitat, again!
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she's so inspring! i once saw raflesia in a rainforest and it was amazing
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yoo a parasitic plant that expands a root system INSIDE the host’s root system is crazy
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Thanks for your hard work bu🙏🙏🙏. Semoga senantiasa menginspirasi peneliti lain di Indonesia
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Wow! I cant believe my hometown is getting coverage from you guys. To anyone who sees this video, i don't think this video does the gardens justice of how beutiful this place is. You can also stop by the old presidential palace here.
I finally have an excuse to visit the park again because I genuinely had no idea they succesfully grew one! Thanks gbs!!
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So glad it finally bloomed. 10 years is a long time to work on something waiting for results
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Pretty kewl. Glad you guys did a video on this. Worth the recognition. ;-;
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I saw this beautiful flower (the arnoldii variant) at the outskirt of my city some years ago, grown naturally inside the jungle on the roadside.
The sightings are indeed quite rare, and becomes another source of the income for the locals.
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7 months ago
Nature is incredible right? There's so many interesting species living on land and in the ocean. Tell us some interesting facts you know about nature. 😯👇
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