Eight of the World’s Most Unusual Plants


	Eight of the World’s Most Unusual Plants
Socratoad
11-15-2009 5:04 PM
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11-16-2009 8:36 AM
celestialdancer
You really are a cherished "Sacred Toad" thanks friend
11-16-2009 8:41 AM
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I thank you dear Celestial
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<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.</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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.divinecaroline.com/img/3C923726-C6BD-4B83-A193-FC41DB7A18F6" alt="" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.divinecaroline.com/img/2E631319-A6F2-4786-8690-C07CBA216F3E" alt="" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><DIV><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.</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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.divinecaroline.com/img/D7AB3E31-5C95-41BD-AE4F-8BF3E85BD3BE" alt="" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.divinecaroline.com/img/330DC2DC-592B-42D8-A995-6C4E3AB3C327" alt="" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><DIV><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.</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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.divinecaroline.com/img/E6C8F7AD-49F4-4250-BA23-327DFC931415" alt="" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.divinecaroline.com/img/A796D8D9-AB62-4E35-989A-AC94D7D7AAD8" alt="" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.divinecaroline.com/img/EA7B21A5-6B6D-4D21-84EA-9F08413D20BA" alt="" /></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://www.divinecaroline.com/22167/37205"><DIV><EM><STRONG>4. Amorphophallus</STRONG></EM>: means, literally, "shapeless male genetalia." 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