Big, bold, stinky: The Rafflesia flower is a rotting spectacle in the highlands
You spot it on RM10 notes – a crimson marvel the size of a truck tyre. This is the Rafflesia, the world’s largest flower, a botanical oddity as infamous as it is rare. Nicknamed the stinking corpse lily, its Indonesian moniker bunga bangkai (carcass flower) hints at its olfactory punch. But whether you’re hit by a wave of...