Flowers in Sumatra
8 pages on its gardens, flowers and customs in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Rafflesia
The giant parasitic flower that smells of rotting flesh
🇲🇾 Malaysia and 5 more · Wildflower
Rafflesia arnoldii
The world’s largest single flower, famous for its strong scent of decay
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 3 more · Wildflower
Vireya rhododendronRhododendron sect. Vireya
Tropical rhododendrons of Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands
🇹🇭 Thailand and 5 more · Tropical flower
Coconut palmCocos nucifera
A coastal tropical palm with year-round blossom spikes and versatile water-filled drupes
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 8 more · Flowering tree
TurmericCurcuma longa
A ginger relative with leafy stalks, yellow blooms, and golden rhizomes
🇮🇳 India and 8 more · Herb or useful flower
Tropical pitcher plantNepenthes
Carnivorous tropical climbers with colourful fluid traps and separate flower spikes
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 7 more · Tropical flower
PatchouliPogostemon cablin
A fragrant tropical herb known for pinkish-white blossoms and earthy essential oil
🇮🇩 Indonesia and 7 more · Herb or useful flower
CubebPiper cubeba
A peppery vine grown for its pungent dried berries
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 5 more · Herb or useful flower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rafflesia: Maizal, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Rafflesia arnoldii: LukeTriton, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Vireya rhododendron: Ben Cody, Public domain, source
- Coconut palm: HRajib, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Turmeric: J.M.Garg, CC BY 3.0, source
- Tropical pitcher plant: Kleo Marlo Sialongo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Patchouli: No machine-readable author provided. Valérie75 assumed (based on copyr, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cubeb: Kembangraps, CC BY-SA 3.0, source