When you've got the world's largest and smelliest flower you want to know why it is so large and why it is so smelly. A huge and pungent story of Oxford scientific collaboration starring botanist Chris Thorogood and mathematician Javier Chico Vazquez.
Rafflesia or Stinking Corpse Lily is a flowering plant of South-East Asia. Its flowers are the largest in the world and its is scent described by Chris as reminiscent of rotting meat (the hint is in its alternate name). However, because it is impossible to grow Rafflesia outside its remote habitats, Chris has enlisted mathematics to understand better the plant's size and structure.
Watch Chris and Javier describe how they worked together and how collaboration works across disciplines across Oxford.