Hibiscus???

" Jean, The Answer I Have Is A - Rafflesia. "

Never heard of that one, I will google it.

The plant has no stems, leaves or true roots. It is an holoparasite of vines in the genus Tetrastigma (Vitaceae), spreading its absorptive organ, the haustorium, inside the tissue of the vine. The only part of the plant that can be seen outside the host vine is the five-petaled flower. In some species, such as Rafflesia arnoldii, the flower may be over 100 centimetres (39 in) in diameter, and weigh up to 10 kilograms (22 lb). Even the smallest species, R. baletei, has 12 cm diameter flowers. The flowers look and smell like rotting flesh, hence its local names which translate to "corpse flower" or "meat flower" (see below). The foul odor attracts insects such as flies, which transport pollen from male to female flowers. Most species have separate male and female flowers, but a few have hermaphroditic flowers. Little is known about seed dispersal. However, tree shrews and other forest mammals eat the fruits and disperse the seeds. Rafflesia is the official state flower of Indonesia, the Sabah state in Malaysia, and of the Surat Thani Province, Thailand.

Anyone want a bouquet of these?? ICKY!!!!

https://www.google.com/search?q=%20A%20-%20Rafflesia.%20%22%20&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=np&source=hp

uhh no. :)

I would have thought that the biggest flowers were sunflowers - those are so huge but I guess not.

that sounds gross for it to be a flower. lol!
i seen a hanging basket in a store once and it said on the tag that the larger species of the plant ate small animals!

wow, just looked at a picture of one. it looks like those flowers people doodle on paper. that's kind of...ironic. :)

I love flowers but don't think I'd like one of these..Interesting Jean, thanks for sharing the information. Hugs..