Holds back on attacks, preferring to Muddle foes with Charm and let them do the work.
Final Fantasy VI PlayStation Bestiary entry
The Rafflesia, formerly called the NightShade and Nightshd, is an enemy in Final Fantasy VI. It is fought in Owzer's Mansion in Jidoor in the World of Ruin by examining the picture of flowers in the gallery.
Stats[]
Battle[]
Entice (2014 mobile/Steam).
Rafflesia uses Entice often, which causes the target to attack their allies. Entice does not wear off over time, requiring the death of either the target party member, or the Rafflesia that inflicted the status. Its special attack, Poison Seed, inflicts 
Poison on a party member. Rafflesia is a popular Rage because of Entice, which never fails if it hits, meaning that even the final boss can be affected by the spell. There is a bugfix patch for the SNES version that makes Entice respect confuse immunity.
Because the Rafflesia are only encountered once, it is possible to miss out on them; if Chadarnook is defeated, and the curse on the mansion is lifted before the player fights the Rafflesia, they can never be fought. This issue is averted in the GBA and 2014 versions, as they can be encountered in the Soul Shrine at the twelfth battle.
It is advisable to fight them later on the Veldt, allowing Locke to steal Nutkin Suits from them. The suits can then be bet at Dragon's Neck Coliseum for Genji Armor. Genji Armor is available in limited quantities normally, and additional sets can only be obtained this way. The only other way to acquire Nutkin Suits is to steal lesser creature outfits from other enemies and bet them in the Coliseum to "upgrade" them into the Nutkin Suit, so it is easiest to steal them directly from the Rafflesia, the only enemy they can be stolen from.
Strategy[]
If the player is being hit with Entice while trying to steal Nutkin Suits, it is advised to use Rasp and Osmose to deplete the Rafflesia's MP, preventing it from casting Entice.
Formations[]
| Number | Enemies | Encounter flags | Introduction flag | Musical theme | Magic AP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | Back | Surrounded | Side | |||||
| 289 | Rafflesia x3 | Sides, individual | Battle | 1 | ||||
AI script[]
Attack Turns:
1st Turn: Attack (66%) or Entice (33%)
2nd Turn: Attack (66%) or Poison Seed (33%)
Etymology[]
The Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants found in southeastern Asia, on Indonesia, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra, Thailand and the Philippines. Rafflesia was found in the Indonesian rain forest by an Indonesian guide working for Dr. Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition.
Its SNES original English name was Nightshade. Nightshade, refers to the family of flowering plants, famous for some of the species' deadly poison. The most famous specimen is probably the Deadly Nightshade, or Belladonna. All parts of the plant are deadly poisonous due to toxic alkaloid chemicals, though the berries were once used as a cosmetic, in that their juice were squeezed into a woman's eyes to dilate her pupils, thereby making her look doe-eyed. This use led to extracts of the berries to be used in pharmaceuticals.
Its Japanese name may have been an attempt to translate Rafflesia, yielding ロフレシュ (Rofureshu?) instead of the more accurate ラフレシア (Rafureshia?). As the enemy originates from a painting, it can thus be surmised that the enemy is a painting called Rafflesia Meadow.