Eight of the World’s Most Unusual Plants


	Eight of the World’s Most Unusual Plants

reimers

5-2-2008 2:04 AM

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5-2-2008 2:23 AM

natdg

Unusual and really huge plants. Most of these can be seen in rainforests.

5-2-2008 2:24 AM

alanocu

Some of those images remind me of the cartoon portion of Pink Floyd's The Wall - very bizarre!

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What seems weird to me might not seem weird to you. In the plant kingdom, however, there are definitely some species that most people would acknowledge are highly unusual. In the wack spirit of Halloween, some of my findings follow.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><STRONG>1. Rafflesia arnoldii</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/3CE10742-FCFE-4A18-BDA5-ADDD6CC14DB1" alt="p1.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/646845E4-4674-4FA2-970F-D32E8FB463F0" alt="p11.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><STRONG>2. Hydnora africana</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/EEEC1C87-3969-4E20-A7D4-D9C15591FDBA" alt="p22.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><STRONG>3. Dracunculus vulgaris</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/6E285F81-E7E3-4234-BD5B-DE7459018885" alt="p3.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><STRONG>4. Amorphophallus</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/CC47AA38-469C-416B-8693-CB8558EEC895" alt="p4.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/1DF620E7-4BC9-4C96-83F6-57084958F973" alt="p441.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><STRONG>5. Wollemia nobilis</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/AA91598A-7655-4159-9F66-5E6E722972A6" alt="p5.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><STRONG>6. Welwitschia mirabilis</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/07C9E065-3A77-410D-8160-A29E9F157EDA" alt="p6.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><P><EM><STRONG>7. Drakaea glyptodon</STRONG></EM>: an orchid. It is the color of, and smells like, raw meat. Pollinated by male wasps.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/68AF6F2D-E469-4B21-A0EE-44D03E6EC866" alt="p7.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><P><EM><STRONG>8. Wolffia angusta</STRONG></EM>: 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.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fundivision.net/?p=480"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/fundivision.net/img/856A1EFF-FBCA-4DB7-B769-99FF184B1FA6" alt="p771.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/772ECA7E-04FA-41FE-B539-6B40E4CE7A60/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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