10.
Bleeding Heart:
The flower, especially in the bud form, of the Lamprocapnos, a flowering plant of the poppy family, oddly resembles the conventional shape of the heart with e droplet beneath. That is why, it has been given the name, a bleeding heart. The outer petals are bright fuchsia in colour. As the flower blooms further and the outer petals open up, the inner, white parts, often called the ‘lady in a bath’ become more visible. This plant is found in
Siberia, northern
China,
Korea and
Japan.
9.
Parrot Flower: The
Impatiens Psittacina is an amazing plant of the balsam family. The flowers are purple and carmine red in colour. When viewed from the sides, the flowers seemingly resemble a parrot in flight.
British botanist and explorer,
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, first noted, in a scientific description of the plant in
1901, how its bloom looks like a ‘flying cockatoo’ and from then on, the name has stuck. This rare plant is found in
Thailand,
Burma And parts of
India.
8.
Ballerina Orchid: These small plants are terrestrial spider orchids that grow singly or in groups in different parts across the island of
Australia. The flowers are essentially cream in colour, with maroon markings, and their petals and sepals have dark trichromes.
Together, the flower looks like a maiden in white tutus, holding a graceful ballet pose.
7.
Duck Orchid: Caleana is commonly referred to as the Duck Orchid. This is because, the labellum looks just like a flying duck with its wings raised high. The lip, in particular, looks clearly like the beak of a duck. The flower is reddish brown in colour, and in rare cases, it is greenish with dark spots, and a single leaf appears near the base of the stalk. This small terrestrial orchid is found in the
Australia, from
Queensland to
South Australia, and even
Tasmania.
6.
Snapdragon and its
Skull: The Antirrhinum, found in the rocky areas
Europe,
America and
North Africa, has an interesting flower called the dragon flower or snapdragon. The beautiful flower petals give the impression of the face of a dragon, which, when squeezed, will open and close like the mouth. But, once the petals wither and fall off, only the seed pod is left behind, presenting quite a macabre look, because the seed pod looks like a skull.
5.
Dove Orchid/
Holy Ghost Orchid: Peristeria is an orchid that is commonly found to grow across much of
South America, along with
Panama,
Trinidad and
Costa Rica. One look inside the pure white flower reveals a structure hidden inside it, which looks like dove. In fact, sitting cosy in the centre within the petals is an entire dove, complete with raised wings with tiny pink dots, and a tiny yellow beak.
4.
Naked Man Orchid: The
Orchis italica is often referred to as the
Italian orchid, owing to its
Mediterranean region where it generally grows in large numbers. But, more commonly, it is known as the naked man orchid. This is because, the amazing flowers of the orchid have petals that look like naked men. The flowers are a combination of bright pink and white in colour, and they are all clustered densely.
3.
Monkey Orchid: The
Dracula Simia or the Monkey Orchid is also known as the monkey-like Dracula. This is a rare species of orchids which is found to grow in the cloud forests of south-eastern parts of
Ecuador and
Peru. The orchid is called so because it has flowers which display an odd arrangement of column, petals and lip that strongly resembles the face of a monkey – a baboon, to be more specific. The flowers bear the fragrance of a ripe orange.
2.
Hooker’s
Lips: While many might consider it an exaggerated description, the Psychotria
Elata, also called the Hooker’s Lips or
Kissing Lips plant, is absolutely genuine. It exists in the tropical rainforests of
Central and
Southern Africa. The waxy bract, which is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with the flower, is bright red in colour, and is shaped like the luscious lips of a woman.
1. Swaddled
Babies: The plant grows in the Columbian
Andes. The most stunning feature of the plant is its flowers which are large, creamy-white and waxy. Their structure is quite complex, and at a certain stage of opening, they start to look like a baby wrapped in swaddling cloth. Each flower blooms from a single stem from the base of the pseudobulbs.
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