Eight of the World’s Most Unusual Plants

[The Judge]

1. Rafflesia arnoldii: this parasitic plant develops the world's largest bloom that can grow over three feet across. The flower is a fleshy color, with spots that make it look like a teenager's acne-ridden skin. It smells bad and has a hole in the center that holds six or seven quarts of water. The plant has no leaves, stems, or roots.




2. Hydnora africana, an unusual flesh-colored, parasitic flower that attacks the nearby roots of shrubby in arid deserts of South Africa. The putrid-smelling blossom attracts herds of carrion beetles.




3. Dracunculus vulgaris: smells like rotting flesh, and has a burgundy-colored, leaf-like flower that projects a slender, black appendage.




4. Amorphophallus: means, literally, "shapeless male genetalia." The name comes from the shape of the protruding black spadix.




5. Wollemia nobilis: This bizarre-looking tree was known only from 120 million-year-old fossil leaves before 1994; fewer than one hundred exist in the wild. They have strange bark that looks like bubbles of chocolate, multiple trunks, and ferny-looking leaves growing in spirals. They can grow up to 125 feet tall.






6. Welwitschia mirabilis consists of only two leaves and a stem with roots. Its two leaves continue to grow until they resemble an alien life form. The stem gets thicker rather than higher, although this plant can grow to be almost six feet high and twenty-four feet wide. Its estimated lifespan is 400 to 1500 years. Mirabilis grows in Namibia, and is thought to be a relic of the Jurassic period.






7. Drakaea glyptodon: an orchid. It is the color of, and smells like, raw meat. Pollinated by male wasps.




8. Wolffia angusta: the world's smallest flower. A dozen plants would easily fit on the head of a pin and two plants in full bloom will fit inside a small printed letter "o."

[GFootsXtreme]

i was hoping these plants are part of the BFC Contest Winner Jungle Tour


Judge starting lots of threads today.....somehow always intersting, well done Skip!






LOL

[upinya83]

those are some funky lookin plants

[The Judge]

Originally Posted by GFootsXtreme

Judge starting lots of threads today.....somehow always intersting, well done Skip!

Hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em but you ain't gonna to find this stuff on Yahoo. ..

[Trossi3389]

Judge i'm gonna merge this with the "Grow Op" thread..

lol

[upinya83]

Originally Posted by The Judge

but you ain't gonna to find this stuff on Yahoo. ..

actually the okgo video was on the front page of yahoo yesterday

so ur the yahoo news a day late

[The Judge]

Originally Posted by upinya83

actually the okgo video was on the front page of yahoo yesterday

Like I said yesterday, I cancelled my subscription.

Who needs that stinkin' Yahoo anyhow? ..

[upinya83]

Originally Posted by The Judge

Like I said yesterday, I cancelled my subscription.

Who needs that stinkin' Yahoo anyhow? ..

dont need it anymore thats for sure

[Sammy the Goose]

[dhunter]

Originally Posted by The Judge

Hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em but you ain't gonna to find this stuff on Yahoo. ..

stick with the topless pics threads tho

[iggs111]

interesting stuff...never really heard of 6. Welwitschia mirabilis. 400-1500 years? Wow.

[RanPicks]

Originally Posted by The Judge

Hey, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em but you ain't gonna to find this stuff on Yahoo. ..

obv skippy hate thread... poor skippy...