5 Awesome Parasitic Plants: Media

Check out these botanical vampires.

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Rafflesia flower

The fetid flower of Rafflesia arnoldii, the largest-known flower in...

monster flower

Monster flower (Rafflesia arnoldii), native to Borneo.

parasitic dodder

Dodder (Cuscuta gronovii).

E.R. Degginger

Conifer parasite

Dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium minutissimum) growing on a pine tree.

S.Kenaley

A parasitic Australian Christmas tree (Nuytsia floribunda) in flower.

W.H. Hodge