Rhizanthes lowii is a species of parasitic flowering plant without leaves, stems, roots, or photosynthetic tissue.

It includes the specimens with the largest measured flowers in Rhizanthes, from 25 to 43 cm (10 to 17 inches) across.

[3] The flowers are endothermic, not only producing their own heat, but they also have the rare ability to regulate their own temperature.

[5] Originally, the species was believed to be present in the tropical forests of Borneo, Sumatra, southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, but after the 2000 revision of the genus Rhizanthes, the specimens collected in Sumatra, Thailand and Malaysia were reinterpreted as two new, different species, on the basis of groups of morphological traits: Rh.

[3] Despite this, the Plants of the World Online database for some reason states the distribution is restricted to Peninsular Malaysia.