LARGEST FLOWER IN THE PHILIPPINES

Rafflesia Schadenbergiana is known on the tribes of Bukidnon as “kolon busaw” and “bo-o” on Bagobo tribes that is parasitic in nature or known as a parasitic flower that need to cleave and cling to others in order to live; that needs the touch of others to make it live. It is one of the rafflesia species in the Philippines that grows big in size or its flower. It is said to be the second largest flower in the rafflesia family that grows as big as 80 centimeter in diameteR.
The reason for its threatened extinction as reported by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) was the exploitation or destruction of its habitat; thus the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has issued an administrative order to protect Rafflesia Schadenbergiana and her habitat and to monitor the communities that surrounds it to ensure her species will not eventually extinct. For Rafflesia Schadenbergiana is Philippines one of nature’s treasures which the Philippines could be proud of to the world that the Philippines have this kind of flower.