Bengkulu (Antara Bali) - Indonesia will send the Rafflesia Arnoldii flower to an international flower festival to be held in South Korea in April 2014.
"Rafflesia Arnoldii flower has been selected to represent Indonesia in this year's international flower festival in South Korea," Bengkulu Governor Junaidi Hamsyah stated here on Monday.
Before sending to South Korea, the world's largest and rarest flower will be preserved by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in cooperation with the Bengkulu research and development office.
Rafflesia is an endemic flower of Sumatra. Its habitats include rainforests in Central Bengkulu, Kepahiang and Kaur districts, Bengkulu province.
In 2013, Indonesia sent the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum), also known as the corpse flower, to the South Korea flower festival. The rare, gigantic flower is also an endemic flower of Bengkulu.
The Bengkulu administration is currently making a map of the Rafflesia habitats in the province. Rafflesia Arnoldii was found, for the first time, by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles and British botanist Josepth Arnold in Bengkulu, in 1818. (*/DWA)
Rafflesia to Join Korean Flower Festival
Pewarta : 24 Maret 2014 13:29 WIB
