Rafflesia

The World's Largest Flower

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March 8th 2007
In the last two days at the centre we finished painting the park sign and enjoyed a few more treats. This included visiting Gunung Gading National Park on Thursday to view the world's largest flower - the Rafflesia which was luckily in flower. The blooms only last for a couple of days and the plants only flower every couple of months so we were very fortunate to see it. Our flower was only 60cm di ... read more

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During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay Peninsula formed the Fe... ... read more