22 Extraordinary And Unique Flowers

That Totally Forgot How To Be Flowers

Flowers are nature’s most beautiful gift to mankind. They are all around us, blooming in glory and brightening up our days with happiness and joy. But have you ever come across flowers that look like something else all together? Flowers that forgot how to be flowers. Here’s presenting a collection of the most unusual and rare flowers you can find in the world that will leave you start struck!

Beauty at its best! Since I posted these pictures of the flowers, I have learned that some of them are extremely poisonous!

1. The Naked Man Orchid

Scientific Name –  Orchis Italica; Location -  Native to the Meditterenian.

2. Hooker’s Lips

Scientific Name – Psychotria Elata; Location – Grows in the Central and South American tropical forests.

3. The Snap Dragon Seed Pod

Scientific Name -  Antirrhinum; Location -  Native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States,

and North Africa.

4. The Darth Vader Flower

Scientific Name - Strelitzia reginae; Location - Indigenous to South Africa.

7. The Ice Cream Tulip

8. The Moth Orchid

Scientific Name -  Phalaenopsis; Location –  Southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia,

New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago, and Queensland.

9. The Flame Lily

fScientific Name - Gloriosa Superba; Location -  Native to much of Africa and Asia.

10. The Bat Flower

Scientific Name -  Tacca Chantrieri; Location - Native to tropical regions of Southeast Asia

(Thailand, Malaysia, and southern China: particularly Yunnan Province).

11. Flying Duck Orchid

Scientific Name - Caleana Major; Location - Eastern and Southern Australia.

12. Swaddled Babies

Scientific Name - Anguloa Uniflora; Location -  Native to the high altitude of the Andes in South America.

13. The  Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid

Scientific Name - Ophrys bomybliflora; Location - Widespread across much of Europe, North Africa,

the Canary Islands, and the Middle East as far east as Turkmenistan.

14. The Angel Orchid

Scientific Name - Habenaria Grandifloriformis; Location - Exquisite orchid species from the open high-

altitude grasslands of southern India.

15. Happy Alien Flower

Scientific Name - Calceolaria Uniflora; Location - Originally from Tierra del Fuego in the southern

part of South America.

16. The Monkey Face Orchid

Scientific Name - Dracula simia; Location -  Found in the cloud forests of southeastern Ecuador and Peru.

17. The Parrot Flower

Scientific Name - Impatiens psittacina; Location - Thailand, Burma and parts of India.

18. The Jeweled Carpet Flower

19. Hanging Lobster Claw Flower

iScientific Name - Heliconia rostrata; Location - Native to Central and South America.

20. The Ballerina Orchid

Scientific Name – Caladenia melanema; Location – Australia

21. Purple Morning Glory

Scientific Name - Ipomoea purpurea; Location - Native to Mexico and Central America.

22. The White Egret Orchid

Scientific Name - Habenaria Radiata; Location - China, Japan, Korea and Russia.

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Genesis Mysteries

May 18, 2015, 8:43 AM