With five tongue-like petals encircling its bowl-shaped center, and with its distinctive odor, the world’s largest solitary flower – Rafflesia – is hard to miss.
But only a few knew about this critically endangered species’ existence in the Philippines.
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) researchers Pastor Malabrigo and Adriane Tobias, and University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum (OBGHA) researcher Dr. Chris Thorogood joined forces to pioneer a groundbreaking propagation attempt in the ex-situ (outside its natural environment) conservation of Rafflesia.
Filipino, British researchers save critically endangered 'Queen of Flowers' in the Philippines
But only a few knew about this critically endangered species’ existence in the Philippines.
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) researchers Pastor Malabrigo and Adriane Tobias, and University of Oxford Botanic Garden and Arboretum (OBGHA) researcher Dr. Chris Thorogood joined forces to pioneer a groundbreaking propagation attempt in the ex-situ (outside its natural environment) conservation of Rafflesia.
Filipino, British researchers save critically endangered 'Queen of Flowers' in the Philippines