# @oxford_uni on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DRPyNXrCLVJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/37122854-oxford-uni-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/114d30a013.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-11-19T17:37:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The University of Oxford (@oxford_uni) — https://gondola.cc/oxford_uni

## Caption

Rafflesia hasseltii: A plant seen more by tigers than people 🇮🇩

Yesterday, Dr Chris Thorogood (illustratingbotanist) from oxfordbga was part of a team – including Septian Andriki (bujangpalala44), who’s also in the video – that trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests (an island in Indonesia) to find Rafflesia hasseltii.

Few people have ever seen this flower, and the team, incredibly, witnessed it open by night.

#FlowersofInstagram #RareFlower #Sumatran #Botanists #BotanistsOfInstagram #Rainforest #RainforestsOfInstagram

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rainforestsofinstagram, botanistsofinstagram, botanists, rareflower, rainforest, flowersofinstagram, sumatran

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