# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/18QCaZk9mr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2461675-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a580f3e8fb.jpg
- **Posted:** 2015-04-26T14:25:29.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

The parasitic flowering #plant Rafflesia has no #leaves, roots, or #stem; it spends most of its life inside the body of its host (usually some #vine belonging to the grape family). But when it’s time to reproduce, #Rafflesia develops a huge, fleshy #flower that smells of rotten meat, all the better to attract the #flies that help spread its #pollen.

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## Tags

leaves, stem, vine, rafflesia, pollen, plant, flies, flower

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