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!
1. The Naked Man Orchid
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Scientific Name – Orchis Italica; Location – Native to the Meditterenian.
2. Hooker’s Lips
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Scientific Name – Psychotria Elata; Location – Grows in the Central and South American tropical forests.
3. The Snap Dragon Seed Pod
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Scientific Name – Antirrhinum; Location – Native to rocky areas of Europe, the United States, and North Africa.
4. The Darth Vader Flower
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Scientific Name – Aristolochia Salvadorensis; Location – Widespread across diverse climates
5. Dancing Girls
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Scientific Name – Impatiens Bequaertii; Location – Rainforests of East Africa
6. The Bird of Paradise
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Scientific Name – Strelitzia reginae; Location – Indigenous to South Africa.
7. The Ice Cream Tulip
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8. The Moth Orchid
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Scientific Name – Phalaenopsis; Location – Southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago, and Queensland.
9. The Flame Lily
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Scientific Name – Gloriosa Superba; Location – Native to much of Africa and Asia.
10. The Bat Flower
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Scientific Name – Tacca Chantrieri; Location – Native to tropical regions of Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, and southern China: particularly Yunnan Province).
11. Flying Duck Orchid
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Scientific Name – Caleana Major; Location – Eastern and Southern Australia.
12. Swaddled Babies
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Scientific Name – Anguloa Uniflora; Location – Native to the high altitude of the Andes in South America.
13. The Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid
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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
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Scientific Name – Habenaria Grandifloriformis; Location – Exquisite orchid species from the open high-altitude grasslands of southern India.
15. Happy Alien Flower
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Scientific Name – Calceolaria Uniflora; Location – Originally from Tierra del Fuego in the southern part of South America.
16. The Monkey Face Orchid
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Scientific Name – Dracula simia; Location – Found in the cloud forests of southeastern Ecuador and Peru.
17. The Parrot Flower
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Scientific Name – Impatiens psittacina; Location – Thailand, Burma and parts of India.
18. The Jeweled Carpet Flower
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19. Hanging Lobster Claw Flower
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Scientific Name – Heliconia rostrata; Location – Native to Central and South America.
20. The Ballerina Orchid
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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
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Scientific Name – Habenaria Radiata; Location – China, Japan, Korea and Russia.
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