@uni.of.oxford: Rafflesia hasseltii: A plant seen more by tigers than people 🇮🇩 Yesterday, Dr Chris Thorogood from Oxford Botanic Garden was part of a team – including Septian Andriki, who’s also in the video – that trekked day and night through tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforests (an island in Indonesia) to find Rafflesia hasseltii. Few people have ever seen this flower and the team, incredibly, witnessed it open by night. #rareflowers #flower #indonesia #rainforest #nature

Alex ﾒ𝟶 :

guys it's rafflesia haselti, not rafflesia arnoldi

doofus :

I am so jealous someone has found such deep love, respect and feeling for something in this world, a passion which speaks to their soul

The Sweet Shoppe-Sechelt :

I’m crying about a guy crying about a flower 😭 😂

D&J :

NS Agrotek :

Dude dedicated 13 years looking for it 👍

gmb1240 :

few people understand how much love there is in research

RIDA - rumahcantik123aja :

The Rafflesia flower is indeed very difficult to find due to several reasons. One of them is that this flower has a unique life cycle and does not always bloom. Rafflesia flowers only bloom for a few days, usually around 5-7 days, and after that, they will wither and die. In addition, Rafflesia flowers also grow in dense and remote forests, making access to them very difficult. This flower also does not have leaves and stems, making it hard to find if it's not blooming. Rafflesia flowers also have a symbiotic relationship with other plants, namely as a parasite, so their growth is highly dependent on their host plant. All these factors make Rafflesia flowers very rare and difficult to find.

Elsie Rebecca491 :

That is actually an insanely impressive piece of nature.

hudseyss 🪸 :

Omg it BLOOMED TOO???? I learned about this flower when i was in primary school and im 30 now. We know it exist but always as a drawing. IM SHOOKETH

☽𖤐☾ betti ☽𖤐☾ :

Biologists have the purest hearts

Rosie Holland795 :

I love how his colleagues comforted him and understood his joy 🥰

kiwi's blank space :

13 years? I would react the same. congratulations!!!! ❤❤

L'chayim :

13 years of dedication how amazing

️saran teks :

El claim

Cara Harden :

beautiful

OLEE OLEE :

KAMPUS ELIT TUKANG CLAM

──★ཋྀྀ ѕωєєт˚ꋊꋬꋬ𐙚 !! ──★ཋྀྀ ѕ :

THE UNIV SO GOOD, THE ATTITUDE SO BADD

kr120506 :

GA USAH DI AJAK LAGI GUYS KALO ADA APA² 🫵🫵🫵🫵

Ra :

yg nemuin sampe nangis2 eh ga disebut kit bgt hati warga indo 😭🇲🇨

Chissa🦋 :

orang sampe nangis terharu nemuin, eh diklaim dia nyari sendiri🤣🤣

girloclock 🇨🇦🇵🇭 :

Kinda jealous that anyone feels this passionately about something. I wish I could feel this way about anything.

Rain :

oke baru paham kenapa bro menangis. karena rafflesia hasselti hanya mekar sehari lalu mati sedang waktu yang di butuhkan untuk tumbuh butuh 1 sampai 10 tahun. bro, mendedikasikan waktunya 13 tahun untuk mencari rafflesia hasselti menembus hutan Sumatra yang penuh harimau. 👏👏👏

Nicola Riske :

This man’s passion and happiness. ❤ congratulations!!!!

د. لينه :

Love how he mentioned allahu akbar at that joyful moment

Dreiz :

the flower