1. Xu Changqing
Scolopendra, also known as centipede and centipede leaf, was first discovered by Austrian explorers in Angola desert in September 1859, and mainly distributed in Namib and Angola desert. This is a dioecious plant. According to the carbon 14 test, the average life span of this plant is several hundred years, and some of them can reach 2000. This is a plant protected by Appendix 2 of the Washington Convention.
2. The Flower of the King
King Flower is a kind of tropical rain forest, native to Sumatra, Java, Indonesia, Malaysia and other places. It is the largest existing flower plant in the world. It is famous for its huge flowers but bad smell, and has the reputation of the world's flower king. The highest recorded flower diameter can reach1.4m..
3. Dracaena
Dracaena Dracaena is a famous and unique plant, located in Sokalat Island, Yemen. It usually grows in arid and semi-desert areas. It is named after the damaged trees shed crimson mucus. When the hard leaves of this plant grow to a certain stage, it becomes an umbrella crown, which is a branch of dichotomy.
4.giant konjac
Giant Amorphophallus konjac, also known as Titan Amorphophallus konjac, is called the most smelly flower in the world because it smells like a corpse when it blooms. It is native to the tropical rain forest area of Sumatra Island, Indonesia, and is one of the ten most populous countries in the world. It only blooms two or three times in a lifetime, and the flowering time is short, and it soon withers after fruiting.
5. General Sherman Tree
General Sherman Tree is the largest tree in the world, located in Sequoia National Park, California, USA. It is said that it is more than 3500 years old. In 2002, its volume was measured to be about 1487 cubic meters, which is the largest known amount of biological monomer on the earth.
6.baobab tree
Baobab tree is also called coyote tree and lynx tree. This plant has a huge crown, and its branches are shaped like roots in various ways. Its fruit is as big as football and rich in sweet juice. Named for monkeys climbing trees in droves to pick ripe fruits, it is mainly distributed in Atlantic, Mediterranean, Africa and Indian Ocean islands.
7. Flytrap
I believe that venus flytrap is familiar to everyone. In recent years, it often appears in people's homes as a green plant. This is an insect-eating plant native to North America. Because of the neat bristles on the edge of its leaves, it has the reputation of "Venus' fly catcher" and "carnivorous plant in nature" and is one of the top ten exotic plants in nature.
8. Selaginella
Selaginella is a kind of drought-resistant plant. When it comes to water, it can separate its roots from the soil, curl them into fists, move with the wind and drill them into the soil. Selaginella is distributed in many places in China, such as Mongolia, Siberia, Japan and India. Selaginella is an ornamental and medicinal plant with both hemostatic and astringent functions.
9. Australian buttonwood
This is a spindle tree, also known as radish tree and Buddha's belly tree, which originated in Brazil Plateau in South America. Seen from a distance, it sticks to the ground like a huge spindle. The thickest part of the trunk can reach 5 meters in diameter, and the internal water storage is about 2 tons, which can provide water for desert travelers.
10. Hot lip grass
Hot lip is a yellow flower, which mainly grows in the West Indies, the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. It is named because the bract leaves are like a girl's lips. It grows in the middle of bract leaves and varies from species to species. Bract leaves also protect flowers and fruits and attract hummingbirds to pollinate with their bright colors.