每日一花

A complete botanical profile of Rafflesia arnoldii: the world's largest individual flower, a holoparasite with no leaves, roots, or stems, blooming for just 5–7 days in the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo and smelling of rotting flesh to attract carrion flies.

The Sacred Lotus can keep its seeds viable for 1,300 years, heats its own flowers, and gave engineers the blueprint for self-cleaning surfaces. A complete botanical profile of Nelumbo nucifera.