Species named after William Price, an amateur botanist who found the plant in the 1960s on Mt. Kinabalu when he was over 80 years old! See Meijer (1984, Blumea, 30:209-215).
Synonyms: R. schadenbergiana auct. non Goeppert.
R. tuan-mudae auct. non Beccari
Flower bud opening. This plant is parasitic on Tetrastigma lanceolarum (Vitaceae) whose leaf is shown on the left. Tambunan, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Photograph by D. L. Nickrent.
Mature open flower, ca. 30 cm (12 inches) in diameter. Tambunan, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Photograph by D. L. Nickrent.
Rafflesia pricei at the Tambunan Rafflesia Centre in the Crocker Range National Park, Sabah, Malaysia. Photo by W. K. Fletcher & D. M. Baylis, from Wildside’s Searchable Album.
Photos of this species can also be seen on the Flora of the World website HERE.