Tambunan Rafflesia Reserve

The King Flower Reserve belongs to a park for protecting plants. King Flowers is also a unique plant here. It is very precious. Many flowers are very delicate. The huge flowers are distributed in many places in the forest.

The main Wanghua Reserve is of course to see the king flower, the king flower is still famous, I have only seen it in the photo before, it looks very special, but the king flower is still looking at fate, the flowering period of a year is only a short seven days.

Lao Ye took us to see the king flower should not be the king flower reserve in the national park. He said that the natural king flower is very rare to see, open once a year, only 7 days of flowering. Day trips like us are generally invisible. So the local residents circled up after finding the king flower on the mountain, waiting for the flower to bloom, and within a few days of flowering, they charged tourists to watch it on the side of the road. It is also a way to generate local income, charging MYR 1～ MYR 5. The roadside signs can be seen as temporary, and the toll office only has tables and chairs, but there is a written flowering period of the first day of the seven days. The day we went was the first day of "First Day". The king flower, also known as Rafflesia, is the largest flower plant in the world. It is known as the "world flower king" because of the huge flower and the smell of the flower after the flower is like a carrion. Baidu encyclopedia says that the flower is a succulent parasitic plant. Succulent parasitism means that bioparasitic on the root stem or branch of a plant, the organs that absorb nutrients degenerate into mycelium, invade the tissue of the host plant. Reading here, I read my hair, how like a special shape. In the "protected area", several were circled, and there were also big king flowers that had already been flowered, showing rotting black.

The world's largest flower, Rafflesia. If you are lucky, you can see it here. Information will be uploaded if it is in bloom on Facebook at the Tambunan Rafflesia Center. However, the flowering period is about 1 weeks, so be early. It takes about １ 30 minutes by car from Kota Kinabalu International Airport. I went by car rental, but it seems that I can go with grab. We recommend that you make a reservation for your return in advance.

Yes, a place worth going, like it, go again next time.

I was lucky at the time, and I saw a big king flower, which was so special. The first time I saw such a big flower, the diameter was about 60Cm. In a very humid and dark place, smaller than I thought.