<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/3a337a9b-5cf0-4c20-87ff-210cce5d65bf/4A2E062C-7C21-45C5-B43C-95ECF4F273C1/" 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.funonthenet.in/articles/unusual-plants.html" href="http://www.funonthenet.in/articles/unusual-plants.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.funonthenet.in</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.funonthenet.in/articles/unusual-plants.html"><DIV aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" align="center"><H1 aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">The World’s Most Unusual Plants</H1><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">Dont gift any of these to your Valentine  :)</P><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><B aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">These are the top 4 of the most Unusual plants & flowers, enjoy!</B> </P><P aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><EM aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><STRONG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">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 aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu19.webshots.com/image/33458/2000329833222739293_rs.jpg" width="400" height="343" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/33219/2003640549756197625_rs.jpg" width="400" height="300" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /></P><HR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" noShade="false" /><EM aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><STRONG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">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 aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu02.webshots.com/image/30641/2001348574948645778_rs.jpg" width="400" height="388" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/33019/2000520055228493939_rs.jpg" width="400" height="300" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><HR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" noShade="false" /><EM aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><STRONG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">3. Dracunculus vulgaris</STRONG></EM>: smells like rotting flesh, and has a burgundy-colored, leaf-like flower that projects a slender, black appendage.<BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu14.webshots.com/image/30653/2000186714960914519_rs.jpg" width="400" height="490" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu33.webshots.com/image/32112/2000158062159265707_rs.jpg" width="400" height="590" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu01.webshots.com/image/31520/2000151185713248548_rs.jpg" width="400" height="300" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><HR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" noShade="false" /><EM aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0"><STRONG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0">4. Amorphophallus</STRONG></EM>: means, literally, "shapeless penis." The name comes from the shape of the erect black spadix.<BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/33517/2002298652128565430_rs.jpg" width="400" height="534" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/30637/2002205337384607009_rs.jpg" width="400" height="267" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><BR aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" /><IMG aria-level="0" aria-posinset="0" aria-setsize="0" hspace="0" vspace="0" src="http://aycu20.webshots.com/image/30819/2002232129695269006_rs.jpg" width="400" height="568" /></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/4A2E062C-7C21-45C5-B43C-95ECF4F273C1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.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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