Rafflesia consueloae studied. The species is the smallest of all "Rafflesia", measuring an average diameter of when fully expanded. The disk surface of newly opened flowers of "R. consueloae" is described to as distinctly cream-white and usually without processes. It is reported that "R. consueloae" has bisexual flowers, the third species after "R. baletei" and "R. verrucosato" to be described as such in the Philippines, but it has not been established whether both sexes of each flower are functional. "Rafflesia consueloae"'s flowers do not exhibit the distinct odor found in "R. arnoldii" (nicknamed the "corpse flower") and most species of "Rafflesia", with
Rafflesia arnoldii the greatest measurement from a reliable source is for one at Palupah Nature Reserve near Bukittinggi, Sumatra measured by Prof. Syabuddin of Andalas University. "R. arnoldi" weighs up to 11 kilograms (24 lb). These flowers emerge from very large, cabbage-like, maroon or magenta buds typically about wide, but the largest (and the largest flower bud ever recorded) found at Mount Sago, Sumatra in May 1956 was in diameter. It lives as a parasite on several vines of the genus "Tetrastigma", which grow only in primary (undisturbed) rainforests. "Rafflesia" lacks any observable leaves, stems or even roots, yet is still considered