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 British, with whom France was at war, and all his papers and notes were confiscated. They did not see the light of day until 1954, when they were rediscovered in the Natural History Museum, London. The British botanist Joseph Arnold (1782-1818) and the statesman Sir Stamford Raffles (1781-1826, founder of modern Singapore) collected a specimen of another "Rafflesia" species found by a Malay servant in Sumatra (Bengkulu) in 1818. Arnold contracted a fever and died soon after the discovery. Lady Raffles, who had also been present when the specimen was collected, finished the colour drawing that Arnold had started of