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These flowers emerge from very large, cabbage-like, maroon or dark brown buds typically about 30 cm (12 in) wide, but the largest (and the largest flower bud ever recorded) found at Mount Sago, Sumatra in May 1956 was 43 cm (17 in) in diameter. [18] Indonesian researchers often refer to the bud as a 'knop' (knob). [14]
Achyranthes mutica (blunt chaff flower) Aconitum noveboracense (northern blue monkshood) Aeschynomene virginica (Virginia jointvetch) Agalinis acuta (sandplain gerardia) Alectryon macrococcus (māhoe) Allium munzii (Munz' onion) Alsinidendron lychnoides (kuawawaenohu) Alsinidendron obovatum (Waianae Range alsinidendron)
Rafflesia (/ r ə ˈ f l iː z (i) ə,-ˈ f l iː ʒ (i) ə, r æ-/), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.
Since starting Juniper Level, Avent has chronicled more than 8,700 plant histories, including their Latin names, plant families, dates planted, when they flower, and their wild site location.
Cypripedium reginae, known as the showy lady's slipper, pink-and-white lady's-slipper, or the queen's lady's-slipper, is a rare lady's-slipper orchid native to northern North America. Although never common, this plant has vanished from much of its historical range due to habitat loss. [3] It is the state flower of Minnesota. [4]
The prettiest flowers in the world include rare camellias, expensive roses, common daffodils, elusive orchids, fragrant lilacs, and an exquisite sacred lotus. ... Of all the photos here, this is ...
The Amorphophallus titanum, also known as a corpse flower, is blossoming over at Rollins College, which is a stage in its life the plant undergoes during unpredictable spans of ...
A red spider lily flower in full-bloom A girl with a bouquet of red spider lily flowers. Lycoris radiata is a bulbous perennial with showy, bright-red flowers. When in full bloom, spindly stamens, likened to the image of spider legs, extend slightly upward and outward from the flower's center. [6]