Plants in danger: The biggest and unusual rare plants in the world

Camellia japonica

It is not so outlandish to look at, but unique. And all because it is - the rarest flower in the world! Red Camellia grows only in two places on Earth - in a greenhouse in the UK and in the garden in New Zealand. By the way, the birthplace of this flower - China, and brought him to the United Kingdom John Middlemist in 1854. So he turned out to be saved from extinction red camellia - then these flowers in China ruthlessly destroyed.

Rafflesia arnoldii

Rafflesia arnoldii is rare and fairly hard to locate. It is especially difficult to locate the flower in forests, as the buds take many months to develop and the flower lasts for just a few days. The flowers are unisexual and thus proximity of male and female flowers is vital for successful pollination. These factors make successful pollination a rare event.

When Rafflesia is ready to reproduce, a tiny bud forms outside the root or stem of its host and develops over a period of a year. The cabbage-like head that develops eventually opens to reveal the flower. The stigma or stamen are attached to a spiked disk inside the flower. A foul smell of rotting meat attracts flies and beetles to pollinate. To pollinate successfully, the flies and/or beetles must visit both the male and female plants, in that order. The fruit produced are round lots filled with smooth flesh including many thousands of hard-coated seeds that are eaten and spread by treeshrews.

Amorphophallus

Dimensions of this flower of the lily family are amazing! Petals of the huge leaves giant head. The flower has an unpleasant smell, but this unusual scent attracts insects that pollinate the flower.Plant lives about 40 years. During this time, Amorphophallus bloom a couple of times. Opened a wonderful flower Florentine scholar on the island of Sumatra in 1878.

Psychotria Elata

This is a tree plant called Psychotria Elata. In this poetic name flower obliged strange form bracts, which are clearly reminiscent of sensual female lips parted plump bright scarlet color. Psychotria elevated to "Hot Lips", obviously, for the same reason.

Psychotria sublime belongs to the family Rubiaceae and is a low tree. According to the researchers, formed as a result of evolution, it attracts native pollinators (butterflies and hummingbirds).

I must say that the bracts remain such an amazing shape resembling painted scarlet lipstick female lips, a short time, then they are replaced by white and yellow flowers that grow from the middle like "lips." Fruits of Psychotria sublime look is not so extravagant, fruit Psychotria is also painted a fairly bright, but already blue.

Puya raimondii

This flower is the largest inflorescence in the world, and is one of the oldest in the world in Flora. Inflorescence can reach a height of 13m, and its average diameter of about 2.5 meters!

Externally similar to the inflorescence candle chestnut consists of separate flowers, the number of which 7.5 thousand to 11 thousand.! After flowering, aboveground part of plants otmiraet.Period sexual maturity comes at the age of 50-80 let. Puya bloom in 30 years, and 150 years of age.

Hydnora africana

Gidnora africana is a flower-parasite that lives in the deserts of Africa. It clings to the roots of other plants and feeds them. In general, under the earth, and only when necessary in the desert falls rainfall - it appears on the surface and dissolved. At the height of the flower reaches 15-20 cm. Gidnora pollinated using beetles, flies to her scent.