GIANT FLOWERS

Flowers have thrived for millions of years by attracting pollinators with colour and scent, resulting in diverse species, including massive blooms like the "monster flower" and giant lily pads.

Here are some world's biggest flowers: 

Known as the "monster flower," this giant bloom can grow up to three feet in diameter and weighs up to 15 pounds, attracting pollinators with its scent of rotting meat.

Also called the corpse flower, this plant features an inflorescence that can reach 10 feet tall, emitting a similar foul odor to attract flies for pollination.

This massive palm can grow over 80 feet tall and produces a branched inflorescence that can be 19 to 26 feet long, flowering only once at the end of its approximately 80-year lifespan.

A clonal colony of quaking aspens in Utah, known as Pando, covers 107 acres and is estimated to be over 80,000 years old, making it one of the world's largest and oldest living organisms.

This flowering marine grass forms extensive clonal colonies in the Mediterranean Sea, covering about 15,000 square miles and playing a vital role in carbon absorption, but it is threatened by climate change.