Most Rare Flowers In The World

According to the researchers, there are more than 270,000 kinds of flowers on our earth. Of all the manifold, there are 10 flowers that are very rare. What are they?
1. Bunga Bangkai

Corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) is the typical flower of Indonesia. Height can reach 180 cm and a diameter of 90 cm. Carcass of a unique flower shape as derived from the prehistoric era. Reportedly, most of these flowers in the world. With strong odors like the smell of carrion, called him an 'corpse flower'. Growing period is very rare, if it blooms only last a week.

2. Youtan Poluo

This flower is still a mystery, alias should be further investigated. Because there is no call it a scientific (Latin). Apparently, there Youtan habitat in China.
A Chinese farmer, Ding found a strange plant that grows in iron pipes, as well as someone named Lushan see any plants growing in his washing machine. That said, this flower blooms only once in 3000 years.

3. Yellow and Purple Lady Slippers

His name is nice, huh? Flower Cypripedium calceolus Latin name is a very rare species of orchids. The growth in mainland Europe, but it is hard to find. There was one who grew up on a golf course in England. So rare, so the area around the flower under police surveillance since 1917. The goal is that no one would pick up and ... do not let any stray golf balls. For those who are caught violating, imposed a fine of 5000 U.S. Dollars!

4. Ghost Orchid

Other rare species of orchids are Ghost Orchid (Epipogium aphyllum / Dendrophylax lindenii). This orchid is a leafless, it means not to use the process of photosynthesis. For it requires a certain mold to be absorbed by the roots to absorb food.
Ghost Orchid can be found in the forests of Cuba, and other varieties also exist in Florida. Bloom between June to August, low growing near the soil surface, and the sudden appearance seemed to float in the trunk. Because that's called a ghost orchid (Ghost Orchid).

5. Kadupul Flower

Epiphyllum oxypetalum Latin name, we call it Kadupul, originally from Sri Lanka and has spiritual significance for Buddhists. Unique, blooms only at night and at dawn came wilted.

6. Koki’o

Now we go to Hawaii. there is a unique flower that is Koki'o or Kokai cookei. Discovered since 1860, rates are hard to breed. So that no word had been extinct in 1950.
20 years later rumored to have interest Koki'o is still alive, but again there was a fire in 1978 destroyed the population of trees 10-11 meters tall Koki'o this. Fortunately, no one can be saved and is now distributed to 23 separate places in Hawaii.

7. Chocolate Cosmos

Native flower of Mexico that has been extinct in the wild for over 100 years old. However, the species is to survive as a single clone are sterilized in 1902. The flowers are dark brown with a diameter of about 3-4 cm. As the name suggests, Chocolate Cosmos emit the scent of vanilla in the summer.

8. Parrot’s Beak

Classified as a very rare flower since 1884, and is believed to have been extinct in the wild, although some believe may still be alive.
This plant comes from the Canary Islands. In 2008, experiments have been conducted to see if the Latin name Lotus flower berthelotii can find new pollinators, but, reportedly have not been successful.

9. The Jade Vine

The Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) color is attractive, blue-green flower-shaped claw-like (or like a banana). These flowers are pollinated by bats hanging upside down over a cup of nectar.
These flowers are now increasingly rare, hardly seen again in the wild and are believed to be threatened by deforestation in the Philippines.

10. Campion

Scientific name Silene tomentosa. Only found in Gibraltar, Campion once considered extinct by the scientific community in 1992, when all traces of plants disappeared. Then in 1994, a single specimen was found by a climber high on the cliffs of Gibraltar.
This discovery immediately bred at the Millennium Seed Bank (plant conservation project in the world) and now is now growing at the Gibraltar Botanic Gardens Almeda, and at the Royal Botanic Gardens, London.
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World's Most Unique Plants

1. Plants of the world's strongest

Indeed, this one plant plasticity not cool, but native plants Namibia is indeed fabulous!This plant has only two leaves, one stem and root systems, do it ONLY! But these twoleaves continue to grow until eventually like Alien.
The longer the stem of this plant will be more bold, but not escalate, the maximum heightof this plant is only 2 feet away but can reach 8 meters in width.
Age of these plants can reach 400 to 15 centuries!. Could survive without rain for 5years! In addition, plants in Namibia called Onyanga it was delicious to eat either eatenraw or cooked in the coals. Oh yes, the meaning of the name is Onion Onyanga Desert!


2. Carnivore Plants

Plant this one is the most famous carnivorous plant, because the activity and efficiencyin trapping prey. Pair of "Leaves" that characterizes this plant is a trap that has anultra-sensitive hair, to feel any small animal or insect that comes. Once the hairs on the leaf is touched, the leaves will close and trap any animal that approached her.




3. World's Largest Flower

Great interest that this rare extraordinary attention in the world. Imagine the size of the flowers that can reach 1 meter and its own weight can reach 8 kg to 12 kg. But the problem is not fragrant smell, and even more close to rotten meat. So this flower called the corpse flower in our country, which is the natural habitat of this flower.
This flower will bloom a week or three days, and attract insects to fertilize with the stenchemitted by these flowers. Unfortunately, the result of fertilization, only 10-20 percent of itmanaged to grow.


4. Crop Ball Baseball

This plant is a plant endemic to the Great Karoo region, South Africa. Because its funny,many plant enthusiasts finally take this plant and mengkoleksinya, so that the population is severely damaged. Eventually these plants protected by the South Africangovernment.


5. Carrion flower

Interest on this one big high, even higher than human. Well .. this interest that has received the nickname corpse flower, because in addition to the smell which is similar to the carcass, also mimic rotting flesh color. This flower was also widely known in the world community as one of the plants native to Indonesia.


6. Bottle Trees

This tree is a native plant of Madagascar, Africa and Australia. This tree is called abottle tree, because in addition to the bottle shape is similar, this tree was indeed tosave up to 300 liters of water! So can grow up to 500 years!


7. Dragon Blood Tree

This plant is native Socotra archipelago. This tree is known by the name of the Dragon Blood Tree or Socotra Dragon Tree. The form is unique, like an umbrella, was only one of this tree unique. Name of dragon blood from this tree was taken from the sap of this tree is red. Just like the blood of the dragon in Harry Potter, it turns out 'dragon's blood'of the tree is useful for the treatment. In addition, it turns red 'dragon's blood' tree is also often used as a natural red dye.


8. Resurrection Plant

Another name of this flower is the Flower of Jericho, a desert plant is known for his ability to survive even in times of drought. During the dry season, the trunk will shrink andcurl into a ball. And so there is water, the trunk line will break away from the reel. This plant is mostly found in the Chihuahua desert