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Certainly to classify the top ten most rare flowers isn’t easy especially since, according to scientists, more than 270,000 types of flowers exist (which doesn’t include the 10 to 15% of unclassified flowers in remote regions of the world). Of those that are rare, here are not only the top ten rarest flowers, but the [...]
Posted by Natalie Jaro on Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Nature · Tagged Amorphophallus titanum, Campion, Chocolate Cosmos, Corpse Flower, Cosmos atrosanguineus, Cypripedioideae, Cypripedium calceolus, Cypripedium reginae, Dendrophylax lindenii, Epiphyllum oxypetalum, Epipogium aphyllum, Ghost Orchid, Jade Vine, Kadupal Flower, Kokai cookei, Koki'o, Lotus berthelotii, most rare flower, Natalie Jaro, Orchidaceae, Parrot's Beak, Purple Lady Slipper, Rafflesia, rare flower, rare flowers, Silene tomentosa, Strongylodon macrobotrys, Yellow Lady Slipper, Youtan Polou
There are about 375,000 species of plants in the world today, with more being discovered on a daily basis. Plants come in all different sizes, shapes, colors, and even scents. We’ve all seen the common household plants: ferns, orchids, violets… but most of the plants on this list you’ve probably never seen in real life. [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Nature · Tagged amazon river, Australia, Balkans, Biology, bizarre plants, Botany, carnivorous plants, Crete, environment, exotic plants, Flora of Indonesia, flowers, Friedrich Welwitsch, Human Interest, John Lindley, Lithops, Lithops plant, Nepenthes, Nepenthes plant, North Carolina, Plant morphology, Pollination, Rafflesia, Rafflesia arnoldii, Rafflesiaceae, Stamford Raffles, strange plants, top 10, top 10 plants, TopTenz, United States, Victoria Amazonica, weird plants, Welwitschia plant, Wolffia
