The Earth is home to more than 298,000 species of plants. The diverse group balances nature and life on Earth. Some plants are common, some are beautiful and unusual, some are huge and immense, some are able to capture insects, and others are able to come back to life, there is nothing strange in the world, come and see these marvelous and immense plants.
1, thousand-year-old orchid
Thousand-year-old orchid is a very special species of gymnosperm, a single family, a single genus, is a succulent plant in the only gymnosperm, thousands of years old orchid belongs to the relics of the plant, is seen as a living fossil, and giant devil's tongue, coconuts, and is known as the world's top three rare and endangered flagship plants, is the world's recognized species of precious plants.
2. Flytrap: Fly Trap
Flytrap is the most famous of all carnivorous plants because of the active and efficient nature of its unique trapping apparatus. It may be famous, but it is also threatened. The plant's two articulated leaves are covered with ultra-sensitive fine hairs that detect the presence of everything from ants to spiders. Triggering the hairs is like flipping a switch, and the trap closes in less than a second.
3. Dahlia: the world's largest flower
Dahlias are fleshy, parasitic herbs that are not really "cannibalistic". They have a very short main axis, no leaves and underground stems, and the nutrient-absorbing organs degenerate into mycelium, which invades the host's tissues, so the whole flower is all it has. The nutrients absorbed from the host are almost entirely supplied to the growth of the flower, which can reach a diameter of 0.9144 meters, with a maximum of 1.4 meters. The base of the flower develops from the xylem of the host and is shaped like a wide-mouthed altar. The flower blooms only once in a lifetime and lasts only 4 days. The buds are fragrant at the beginning of the bloom, but then they emit an irritating, putrid odor, giving rise to the nickname Corpse Flower.
2, dancing grass: dancing plant
Happy sunshine and warm, humid environment. Drought-resistant and tolerant of poor soil. Is a certain frequency and intensity of sound waves extremely rich in sensory plants, and temperature and sunlight is also related. When the temperature is above 24 ℃, windy and sunny sunny days, the leaflets will cross their own rotation, kissing and bouncing, the two leaves can turn up to 180 degrees, and then bounced back to the original place. When the temperature 28-34 ℃ or in the sultry sunny days or rain, looking at the whole bead, dozens of pairs of leaves sometimes like lovers double entangled embrace, and sometimes dance, dazzling, giving a person a fresh ` wonderful mysterious feeling, when night falls, it will be the leaves attached to the branch trunk, snuggling up, it is really a rare flower.
3, cloth ball Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae: baseball plant
Black ball Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae, also known as the baseball plant, is endemic to the Karoo region of South Africa. Morinda citrifolia has a peculiar appearance leading to continued digging by collectors, which has severely impacted wild populations. Morinda citrifolia is now endangered in its native habitat, but has become widespread in cultivation. By planting large quantities of Euphorbia, nurseries and botanical gardens have been working to ensure that in plant stock, the wild ones are harvested again.
4. Corpse-scented konjac: the flower that stinks of corpses
A flower taller than a man, with a strong, putrid odor that smells like rotting flesh, sounds like something you'd get in a sci-fi movie. But Indonesia's "zombie flower" is a rare phenomenon known locally to seek out insects for pollination in the wild through humus. This Indonesian plant, called konjac flower, has the largest inflorescence in the world. It is also known as the carrion flower, "corpse flower" or "corpse plant" because of its odor, which is reminiscent of that of a rotting mammal
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