They are so strange - they look like birds, animals, even Darth Vader. But not for flowers.
We have collected photos of the most interesting, amazing and even frightening plants that show how strong nature and our Earth are, which does not use magic, but creates unreal miracles.
bird flower
The flower looks like you are holding a tiny hummingbird in your hand. A bird flower colloquially, Crotalaria cunninghamii is the scientific name for a legume that masquerades as birds. It grows in northern Australia along the sand dunes. Indigenous Australians appreciate it not only for its appearance. The bird has healing properties, it was often used to treat wounds from infections.
Calceolaria
She looks like a cheerful little alien or a tiny penguin hopping over the rocks. This plant is called Calceolaria Uniflora or Darwin's Slipper Flower. Calceolaria was discovered by Charles Darwin while traveling in South America. These flowers grow into small colonies, grow in cool climates and cannot stand the heat.
calea orchid
It is affectionately known as the duck orchid, scientifically known as Caleana Major. It mainly grows in Eastern and Southern Australia.
The flower is very reminiscent of a duck in flight: it has mustard wings spread out behind a plum-colored body. This orchid looks completely harmless, but in fact it is a hunter - as soon as an insect touches the orchid's perianth, it quickly slams shut.
monkey orchid
This is a rather rare flower - Dracula simia, also known as the monkey orchid. The petals of the flower are folded in such a way that they very much resemble the muzzle of a primate. Monkey orchids mainly grow in Ecuador and Colombia. But you can find them in the botanical gardens of Japan, for example.
Anthurus Archer
It is often referred to as the fingers of the devil for obvious reasons. Strictly speaking, this is not a plant, but a fungus that looks like a nightmare. It releases from four to seven elongated thin "arms" similar to tentacles. Then the tentacles open up, and you can see the dark red color inside the fungus, covered with dark spores. The aroma of rotten meat, which exudes anthurus, completes the picture.
Snapdragon
The snapdragon flower is very common in home gardens. It is also known as a dragon flower - it is very similar. And when a flower dies, it leaves behind a seed pod that looks like a human skull.
This eerie transition has given rise to the superstition that snapdragons have supernatural powers. Moreover, the flower helped protect against curses: myths said that he could even restore youth and beauty.
Anguloa uniflora
The orchid is a type of flower that makes for countless stunning plants, but none is more mesmerizing than Anguloa Uniflora. The flower looks like a baby in diapers, and the petals of the plant surround the newborn like an aura created to protect him.
Italian orchid
Orchis italica - in science. Orchid "naked man" - among the people. Each flower in the inflorescence resembles the outline of a naked person. The orchid blooms with candles, which from afar look like a bunch of dancing men, as if descended from the paintings of Henri Matisse. Maybe the Frenchman was inspired by these colors?
Balsam "Touchless"
Impatiens bequaertii, also known as the "dancing girls" orchid, is a rare plant species native to the rainforests of East Africa. Charming flowers, the petals of which look like a little girl in a skirt with raised arms, which goes well with the white and light pink color of the flower.
parrot flower
It grows in Thailand, Burma and India and was first described by renowned botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker as "the flying cockatoo". After that, it became difficult to see something else in it - but the flowers of this type of orchid really look like a bird with a purple back and a red head.
ballerina orchid
Caladenia melanema is a simple, elegant and very graceful flower. Well, a spitting ballerina! The orchid seems to be standing on tiptoe, raising its arms above its head. It grows in the southwest of Western Australia. But it can also be found in the collections of flower growers around the world.
Kirkazon Salvadoran
This plant is called Aristolochia Salvadorensis. It is actually quite inconspicuous, despite the loud name - Darth Vader. The plant got its nickname because of its shape, reminiscent of the helmet of a star saga character. In addition, the flower has a terrible smell of rotting flesh. The plant also has luminous "eyes" through which insects sometimes fly.
bee orchid
Look how this bee smiles and stretches out its paws for hugs! This is Ophrys bomybliflora, or as many like to call it, the laughing bee orchid or even the "smiling bumblebee". I just want to tickle her fluffy belly!
Radiant leader
Orchid Habenaria Radiata or heron orchid grows in the Far East. She has the most delicate white flowers, really like a graceful white heron in flight.
Anigozanthos
The kangaroo foot is the name of a flower native to southwestern Australia. The plant is so called because of the shape of tubular flowers covered with thick hairs. At the tops they are open and form six claw-like bends.
Psychotria sublime
Psychotria Elata is by science. Usually it is called much more simply - "hot lips" because of the shape of the bright red bracts. As it turns out, the plant evolved its unique shape and color to attract insect pollinators.
Gidnellum Peca
No matter how they call him! A bleeding tooth, a devil's tooth... And this is just a young Hydnellum peckii mushroom. It really looks a little nasty: a whitish blot, on the surface of which crimson drops protrude.
tacca chantrier
Either a bat, or a monster from the movie "Predator", but not a flower. But still, this flower comes from the tropics. Tacca Chantrieri is a velvety dark color, and even grows a “moustache”, which can be up to 60 centimeters in length.
Monilaria obverse-conical
Under the complex name hides a tiny succulent that looks like rabbit ears. If you've ever wanted to get a rabbit, but suddenly realized that you don't have enough space or time to take care of it, we may have found the perfect solution - you can just grow it in a pot!
buddha pears
One day, a Chinese farmer named Xianzhang Hao managed to grow pears in the shape of a Buddha. These fruits are sold for $8 each. People believe that together with a pear they buy good luck. This belief comes from an ancient Chinese myth: according to legend, eating fruits in the shape of a Buddha guarantees immortality.
Stapelia
Stapelia is a type of stem succulent plant that is predominantly found in South Africa. It looks like a hairy starfish, smells rotten when it blooms, and is generally rather unsympathetic. Only insects and botanical enthusiasts like it.
gidnora africanus
Hydnora Africana is not to be confused with another plant: it has no leaves, no chlorophyll, and is 100% parasitic and perennial. In general, it looks like a dried cracked pumpkin, forgotten by someone in the middle of the savannah. Gidnora grows under a layer of mud, and appears on the surface only when it blooms.
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