Rafflesia pricei Meijer

Species named after William Price, an amateur botanist who found the plant in the 1960s on Mt. Kinabalu when he was over 80 years old! See Meijer (1984, Blumea, 30:209-215).

Synonyms: R. schadenbergiana auct. non Goeppert.

R. tuan-mudae auct. non Beccari

Flower bud opening. This plant is parasitic on Tetrastigma lanceolarum (Vitaceae) whose leaf is shown on the left. Tambunan, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Photograph by D. L. Nickrent.

Mature open flower, ca. 30 cm (12 inches) in diameter. Tambunan, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Photograph by D. L. Nickrent.

Rafflesia pricei and Dan Nickrent

Your Parasitic Plant Connection author examining the open flower of Rafflesia pricei. Tambunan, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).

Rafflesia pricei at the Tambunan Rafflesia Centre in the Crocker Range National Park, Sabah, Malaysia.  Photo by W. K. Fletcher & D. M. Baylis, from Wildside’s Searchable Album.
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Last updated: 29-Oct-10 / dln