<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fd1060db-ee81-4363-8042-c336afe5a17f/0D581241-285E-4CCA-8D6B-890963BCB129/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205-eight-world-s-most-unusual-plants" href="http://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205-eight-world-s-most-unusual-plants" style="font-size: 11px;">www.divinecaroline.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205-eight-world-s-most-unusual-plants"></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205-eight-world-s-most-unusual-plants"><P>Weird is relative. 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.<BR /><BR /><EM><STRONG>1. Rafflesia arnoldii</STRONG></EM>: this parasitic plant develops the world's largest bloom that can grow over three feet across. The flower is a fleshy color, with spots that make it look like a teenager's acne-ridden skin. It smells bad and has a hole in the center that holds six or seven quarts of water. The plant has no leaves, stems, or roots.<BR /><BR /><IMG height="343" hspace="0" src="http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2000329833222739293_rs.jpg" width="400" vspace="0" /><BR /><BR /><IMG height="300" hspace="0" src="http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2003640549756197625_rs.jpg" width="400" vspace="0" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205-eight-world-s-most-unusual-plants"><P><EM><STRONG>2. Hydnora africana</STRONG></EM>, an unusual flesh-colored, parasitic flower that attacks the nearby roots of shrubby in arid deserts of South Africa. The putrid-smelling blossom attracts herds of carrion beetles.<BR /><BR /><IMG height="388" hspace="0" src="http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2001348574948645778_rs.jpg" width="400" vspace="0" /><BR />Image Credit: <A href="http://martin.ice.org/Beautiful_Things/" target="_blank">Martin Heigan</A> <EM>(via creative commons)</EM></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205-eight-world-s-most-unusual-plants"><P><IMG height="300" hspace="0" src="http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2000520055228493939_rs.jpg" width="400" vspace="0" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205-eight-world-s-most-unusual-plants"><P><EM><STRONG>3. Dracunculus vulgaris</STRONG></EM>: smells like rotting flesh, and has a burgundy-colored, leaf-like flower that projects a slender, black appendage.<BR /><BR /><IMG height="490" hspace="0" src="http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2000186714960914519_rs.jpg" width="400" vspace="0" /><BR /><BR /><IMG height="590" hspace="0" src="http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2000158062159265707_rs.jpg" width="400" vspace="0" /><BR /><BR /><IMG height="300" hspace="0" src="http://media.divinecaroline.com/ext/article_images/plants/2000151185713248548_rs.jpg" width="400" vspace="0" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205-eight-world-s-most-unusual-plants"><EM><STRONG>4. 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