The species was first collected in 1991 by Bicolano mammalogist Danilo S. Balete on Mount Isarog and was initially thought to be Rafflesia manillana.

It was only in 2006 that Filipino scientists confirmed the identity of this new species, naming it in Balete's honour.

See this citation for a review of Philippine Rafflesia.

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