Rafflesia

If the player's town has enough weeds to generate the "worst" rating, a giant flower named the Rafflesia will appear. You cannot remove it by picking it or digging it up. To completely remove a rafflesia, the player must pick all the weeds in the acre surrounding the plant.

When the town holds the lowest rating, the environmental report in the Civic Center will read: "This place is the pits! Everything that can go wrong has gone wrong! There's not a single thing I like in this town!" and Pelly will state "Hmm... You know, I think the problem is there are those gross flowers that keep showing up. You really have to work daily to prevent eyesores like that from sprouting." while Phyllis will comment "There must be a flower that smells terrible somewhere in town. Well, if that's the problem, maybe they should just stop planting them! (Come on, genius!)"

One minor good thing about the rafflesia is that flies are usually nearby and easy to catch. This mimics the real life behavior of the rafflesia, which emits the odor of rotting flesh to attract flies in order to pollinate. In, the rafflesia can be seen in the insect section of the museum. Once you've caught a fly and donated it to Blathers, it will be seen flying around the plant.

Further Information


The rafflesia is a flower that can reach up to 1 meter in diameter and weigh 10 kilograms, making it the largest flower alive. They can be found in Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra and Indonesia. They are parasitic in the fact that since it lacks any observable leaves, stems or even roots, so they have to inhabit spaces on a plant host and collect nutrients from them. The rafflesia is also known as "the corpse flower" because it emits a very stinky smell. Amazingly that attracts flies who pollinate them! Also, they take a very long time to grow. It takes 9 months for the bud to turn into the flower and yet the flower only lasts 10–20 days!