Rafflesia arnoldii of Sumatra and Borneo. To help counter the over-collection of this rare plant, residents that have "Rafflesia" on their private property are encouraged to save the flowers and charge a small fee to see them. Rafflesia arnoldii Rafflesia arnoldii, commonly called the corpse lily, is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus "Rafflesia". It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. It has a very strong and unpleasant odour of decaying flesh, earning it the nickname "corpse flower". It is endemic to the rainforests of Sumatra and possibly Borneo. Although there are some plants with
Rafflesia arnoldii whilst waiting for the British Museum to produce a better-prepared version. The generic name "Rafflesia", given in honour of Raffles and proposed by Brown, who had originally wanted to call it "Arnoldii" after Arnold, was validated by S. F. Gray in his report of the June 1820 meeting of the Linnean Society of London, as published in the "Annals of Philosophy" in September that year. The species "Rafflesia arnoldii" was officially described for the first time in 1821 by Brown, so that Arnold was commemorated after all. The flower of "Rafflesia arnoldii" grows to a diameter of around , but