1. Black bat flower
This amazing exotic flower is called the Black bat flower. Its petals measure around 12″, while its “whiskers” can reach lengths up to 28″. It is found primarily in southeast Asia and prefers forests and valleys in shady areas. It’s different from other flowers because it doesn’t use saturated colors to attract pollinators. These flowers fill another niche: they attract flies looking for decaying material.
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2. Cobra lily
This strange, flesh-eating plant resembles the hood of a cobra snake, while its forked leaf looks like a tongue. The plant lures insects inside and makes sure they never find the exit. The hood is slightly translucent, allowing light to shine in from all sides. From the inside, the insects have trouble figuring out where freedom begins and where this death trap ends.
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3. Welwitschia
In 1863, a Keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, described this plant as ‘without question the most wonderful plant ever brought to this country, and one of the ugliest’. It is the plant with the longest lifespan. Some individuals are over 1500 years old. The plant only produces two leaves, but through the years those leaves will split into many segments as a result of wind erosion.
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