▁plant ▁species ▁of ▁the ▁genus ▁R aff lesia . ▁It ▁is ▁en demic ▁to ▁the ▁Philipp ine ▁island ▁of ▁Pan ay . ▁R . ▁spe ci osa ▁is ▁the ▁third ▁R aff lesia ▁species ▁documented ▁to ▁exist ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines , ▁after ▁R . ▁man ill ana ▁and ▁R . ▁sch aden berg iana . ▁It ▁belongs ▁to ▁the ▁medium - s ized ▁R aff lesia ▁( Me ij er , ▁ 1 9 9 7 ). ▁The ▁species ▁was ▁named ▁by ▁Jul ie ▁Barcelona ▁and ▁Ed w ino ▁Fernando . ▁ ▁R aff lesia ▁spe ci osa ▁was ▁discovered ▁in ▁the ▁mountains ▁of ▁Sib alom ▁Natural ▁Park ▁( part icular ly ▁Mount ▁Por ras ) ▁in ▁Ant ique , ▁Pan ay ▁by ▁members ▁of ▁an ▁out door ▁club . ▁It ▁was ▁adopted ▁as ▁the ▁symbol ▁of ▁Sib alom ▁Natural ▁Park ▁and ▁the ▁municipality ▁of ▁Sib alom . ▁For ▁more ▁information , ▁see ▁the ▁review ▁of ▁Philipp ine ▁R aff lesia . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Par as it ic ▁Plant ▁Connection : ▁R aff lesia ▁spe ci osa ▁page ▁ ▁spe ci osa ▁Category : End em ic ▁fl ora ▁of ▁the ▁Philippines ▁Category : Fl ora ▁of ▁the ▁Vis ay as ▁Category : Pl ants ▁described ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Category : T ax a ▁named ▁by ▁Jul ie ▁F . ▁Barcelona <0x0A> </s> ▁Sol tan abad ▁( , ▁also ▁Roman ized ▁as ▁Sol ţ ā n ā b ā d ; ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁Sol ţ