Rafflesia Arnoldii: The World's Largest and Strangest Flower

Rafflesia arnoldii is known for its putrid ______

Rafflesia is a genus of over 30 species found in the tropical forests of ______ Asia

Rafflesia exists as an endophyte beneath the bark of its host ______

Rafflesia's plastids have lost their DNA, resulting in the inability to ______

Rafflesia is completely dependent on its host Tetrastigma for water and ______

Rafflesia has stolen genetic material through a process known as horizontal gene transfer from its host and other plants in its habitat, a phenomenon that has been well documented in bacteria but only recently in _______ plants.

Rafflesia utilizes the stolen DNA sequences by transcribing them into RNA and then translating them into proteins for key cellular processes after living embedded in the host vine for some time, emerging eventually as a single _______.

The foul-smelling sulfur-containing compounds emitted by the fleshy maroon petals of Rafflesia serve the evolutionary purpose of attracting _______ for pollination.

The male Rafflesia flower's liquid pollen may end up on a fly's back during its visit, and if the fly encounters an open female flower, the pollen will rehydrate when rubbed against the flower's damp _______.

Rafflesia seeds have an oily appendage called an elaiosome, a structure often fed to larvae by _______ that may aid in seed dispersal.