Rafflesia’s giant flower is not an inflorescence
Rafflesia arnoldii у Батанг-Палупуа, Західна Суматра; жива квітка, без встановлення рекордного діаметра за фото / Living Rafflesia arnoldii in Batang Palupuah, West Sumatra; no record diameter is assigned from this image. Credit: Maizal Chaniago; CC BY-SA 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/?curid=78985767
Rafflesia arnoldi produces one of the largest individual flowers: Kew describes a diameter of up to about one meter. Its odor resembles rotting meat and attracts insect pollinators. An individual flower must be distinguished from an inflorescence containing many small flowers: the tall titan arum belongs to the latter category. A particular bloom’s size should not be inferred from an unscaled photograph.