The world's largest flower is found in many areas in Bengkulu forests, on the slopes of Bukit Barisan Mountains. The flower has a diameter of about one meter in full bloom. It has no visible root or stem, and no leaves. The weigth up to 7 kg, it takes the buds up to 8 months to mature. The flower stays in bloom from 1-15 days and can be seen during the months of September-December. Rafflesia Arnoldi is a big Flower in the worlds, if one visit Rejang Lebong, the Flower was stand at the City Center of CURUP as a monument, that is why, the people call Bengkulu is A LAND OF RAFFLESIA, or in Indonesian means BUMI RAFFLESIA, because in a certain seasons, if we are lucky, we can see a beautiful flower of Rafflesia, in the forest, which appear in periodic of 5 years or more.
Rafflesia is a lot of people are known arnoldii Rafflesia species. This type of forest only grows in the southern part of Sumatra, especially Bengkulu. One of the most excellent and easy to find this arnoldii Rafflesia flowers are in the woods along the road-Curup Bengkulu after Kepahyang. In Bengkulu own, Rafflesia flowers have been used as the main motive besurek batik (batik typical Bengkulu) since long.
The main characteristic that distinguishes Rafflesia flowers lay dead in the form of widening (not high) and red. When blooming, the flowers can reach a diameter of about 1 meter high and 50 cm. Rafflesia flower has no roots, stems, or leaves. The flowers have 5 crowns. At the bottom of the barrel-shaped flowers have flower or pistil extracts, depending on the sex of flowers. the existence of the pistil and stamens are not in one house to the percentage of assisted fertilization by insects fly very low, because not two different flowers growing in sex at the same time the nearby places. This rate of growth period takes up to 9 months, but the flowering period is only 5-7 days. After that Rafflesia will wither and die.
Rafflesia is a parasitic plant on vines Obligate (liana) tetrasigma and live in the roots like a rope. Until now Rafflesia never bred successfully outside their natural habitat and if the host tree roots or dead, Raflesia will die. Raflesia therefore require primary forest habitat to survive.
Little information, during the year 200an plants of the genus Rafflesiaceae difficult to be classified as characteristics of the body that are not public. Based on the DNA research by botanical experts at Harvard University recently, Rafflesia incorporated into the family Euphorbiaceae, a family with rubber trees and cassava. But this is still not well published.
Elephant Training Center (PLG) Seblat a location that is used to train and assist the breeding of wild elephants and Sumatran (Elephas maximus sumatrensis) found in Bengkulu Province. The place became one tourist destination in Bengkulu Province was established in October 1992 by Minister of Forestry Decree No. 658/Kpts-ll/1995 dated December 8, 1995, has an area of about 6800 hectares, and is part of the Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS). In addition to the conservation area of approximately 200 wild Sumatran elephants, PLG Seblat is also a habitat for several endangered flora and fauna typical of the island of Sumatra.
In the area of Elephant Training Center (PLG) Seblat visitors will be served with a variety of attractions is quite amazing elephant. In the hands of trainers who are experienced, the elephants that had been transformed into a wild and tame animals are capable of intelligent human beings to understand instructions. For visitors who first visited this area, would be amazed to see the elephants were able to attractions such as carrying humans, disco, put a flower, carrying the flag, to guess the number / letter, playing football, marching, elephant dating (male elephant carrying an umbrella and hugged a female elephant), and others.
Have not lost the feeling in awe of attraction of elephants in this area, visitors will be amazed again when he saw the other features of this conservation area. Because, in the region PLG Seblat also rare flora and fauna are protected by the government. In addition Rafflesia flower (rafflessia arnoldi), visitors will find rare animals like the tapir, deer, Sumatran rhinoceros, Sumatran tiger striped, golden cats, goats forests, various types of snakes, gibbons, hoops, short-tailed monkeys, various types of bird (hornbill , parrots, Imperial-pigeon), partridge, eagle, and others. It is said that in this area several times in a short human traces, but to ensure that it needed further research.
Enggano Island is an island relatively unspoiled and has not been touched by development agendas. However, this would be a blessing for the island itself, because the authenticity of the landscape is still relatively intact.
On the island of white sand surrounded by a vast, there are two beautiful tourist attraction and well known, namely Nanu'ua Mountain Bird Park and Beach Humo. In Nanu'ua Mountain Bird Park, there are two species of rare birds protected by the government, the Bird and Bird Glasses Scops Enggano Enggano. In addition to the Nanu'ua Mountain Bird Park, a bird species-limited distribution was also occasionally be found on farms, especially the coconut plantations, and open land around the township.
Besides having two beautiful tourist sites, the Enggano Island also has other features, the mangrove forest is very dense which naturally serves as a drag chute coastal abrasion. In this mangrove forest, a variety of bird life, such as woodpeckers, Enggano Imperial-pigeon birds, parrots, parrot, parrots, and many other bird species.
Panjang beach is a tourist attraction famous beaches in Bengkulu Province, in addition to the Padri Tread Beach, White Sand Beach, and Beach Humo. Why is Long Beach? Because the shoreline is quite long, which is about 7 km. In addition, the distance between pairs of lines and also lessening the long lines, when compared to other beaches, which is about 500 m. This is because the beach is not a rock. So, when the high tide the water can reach up far away.
Condition sloping beaches, clean water, and the expanse of white sand area, is the main attraction of Long Beach attractions. With conditions such beach, visitors can bathe as much as he enjoyed the beach breezes a clean and cool because the beach is far from industrial areas.
In addition, many pine trees that grow around the coast is also the unique ways that may not be owned by the other beaches. Because, in general, a tree that usually grows in coastal areas is a coconut tree, and is not found in Long Beach.
