The most beautiful and unusual flowers, next to which roses are just field dandelions (18 photos)

17 October 2016

Any flower shop can boast a wide variety of types of flowers, but in none of them you will find the flowers that we will tell you about below. The most beautiful and unusual flowers from different parts of the world are waiting for you further. And let even white roses turn red with shame.

Psychotria

In fact, these red “lips” are not a flower, they only protect the flower that is inside them. Grows in Central and South America

Datura

Despite all of mine. beauty, these are very highly toxic flowers that can easily put a person into a severe state of delirium, even death. These flowers were once widely used as poison in Europe and Asia.

Ginger Beehive (Zingiber spectabile)

Fantastic flowers, reminiscent of a beehive, can reach up to 4.5 m in height.

Chinese lantern (Abutilon? hybridum)

There are many beautiful flowers in this family, but this one is the most striking.

Takka Chantrier or "black bat"

The flower, which closely resembles a large black bat, can be found in Southeast Asia. Thanks to its "gothic" color scheme, this flower tends to stay away from the sun.

Hoya (Wax Ivy)

Small flowers look like candy.

Amorphophallus titanica

This beautiful flower is also known by the not-so-pretty name "corpse flower" because when it blooms it emits the smell of rotting flesh to attract carrion-eating animals and insects for pollination.

Trichosanth serpentine

This lacy flower with snake-like fruits is native to South Asia but can be found in warm regions around the world. Its fruits and greens are edible.

Ghost orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii)

Currently on the verge of extinction, it grows in the US state of Florida, also in Cuba and the Bahamas.

Passion flower meat red

There are many types of flowers belonging to this family that can be found throughout the Americas and Asia. Such flowers can be seen during the flowering of passion fruit and are very popular with hummingbirds.

Cypripediaceae

These flowers are also known as lady's slippers because of the yellow protruding petal.

Strongylodon macrocarpal

These turquoise plants are relatives of peas and beans and are native to the Philippines.

Monkey orchid (Dracula simia)

An orchid whose flower is very reminiscent of a sad monkey :(

Grouse (Fritillaria)

Fritillaria is Latin for dice box and is also known as chess flower.

Japanese camellia (Camellia Japonica)

This flower may seem completely ordinary in shape and color to you, but all its unusualness lies in the spiral flowering of the petals and the fact that it grows at an altitude of more than 300 meters and blooms only in cold weather.