Rafflesia Langka Flower Arnoldii Blooms Perfectly In Batang Palupuh Agam

The Arnoldii type raflesia flower blooms perfectly on the first day, Monday (7/10/2024). ANTARA/HO-Joni Hartono.

SUMBAR - One individual Arnoldii type raflesia flower blooms perfectly in Batang Palupuh, Nagari or Koto Rantang Village, Agam Regency, West Sumatra (West Sumatra).

Tourism activist Palupuh Joni Hartono said, almost every month the protected rare flower blooms perfectly in the area.

"This is the first day of bloom and in the next few days the flower will wither and rot," he said in Lubuk Basung, Agam, West Sumatra, Monday, October 7, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said the flowers had been promoted through travel agencies, hotels and others.

With this condition, he said, there will be foreign tourists visiting the flowers to see closely.

"There are already seven tourists from Slovakia calling me to see this flower and add other tourists," he said.

He admitted that in October 2024 only the flowers would bloom and there would still be small knops.

In September 2024, as many as three individual flower blooms and is visited by foreign tourists, dozens of people.

"Almost every month this flower blooms perfectly and every bloom is visited by many tourists," he said.

Head of the Agam Tourism, Youth and Sports Office, Dedi Asmar, added that his party had socialized to the local nagari government to create a RAflesia monument in the area, so tourists knew that there was a rare flower at the location.

After that, make banners and circulars to make raflesia flowers.

"Ini untuk brending atau memperkenalkan bahwa daerah itu ada bunga dan kapan perlu setiap produk makanan ada bunga raflesia," katanya.