Rafflesia flowers imitate rotting meat by color and smell. The pollen vector than is sapromyophilic. However it gives no promotion for pollinators and cheats them by a false food offer and brood place. As a result there is no adaptation of the flies for flower visits. The reason for the visit is deceit. Any adaptations that occur are those of the plant. Since Rafflesia uses odor deceit it seems only a few species are involved that I observed this time with Lucilia sp. and Chrysomya sp. However I had seen fr
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Botanist Alastair Robinson sticking his nose inside a RAFFLESIA KERRII - a short documentary