May flowers bring November showers for these intrepid biologists.
A flower hunter was moved to tears after encountering a super-rare species of bloom in Sumatra, Indonesia, marking the culmination of an over-decade-long plant pilgrimage. The movement moment was captured in an Instagram video blossoming online.
“Moments like this are electric,” Dr. Chris Thorogood, an Associate Professor of Biology at Oxford University who was on the expedition, told The Post. “The trek was tough and the flower so special that we were quite emotional about it.”
The species in question is Rafflesia hasseltii, a species of giant parasitic red flower that’s been “seen more by tigers than people,” per the post, which was posted by the University Of Oxford.
According to the post, Thorogood and his team had

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