Flowers are beautiful and each one is unique in its own way, but not all flowers are special. There are types that doesn’t inspire us or are more dull-looking, but there are some incredible examples that really stand out from the crowd. Flowers have a whole set of great features: smell, color, texture and form. The 10 beautiful flowers you will find here today are all very unique as their shape will remind your of other things than flowers. For instance, there is a species of orchids that are called “naked man orchids” and it’s pretty obvious why, just look at the pictures. Other unique orchids include the “moth orchid” and the “white egret orchid” which both resemble birds with their wings spread. Of course, there are a lot more other beautiful flowers that you don’t know about, but just take a look at the selection of pictures to get to know some of them better.
1. Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis) (<< available here)
2. Dancing Girls (Impatiens Bequaertii)
3. Monkey Face Orchid (Dracula Simia) (<< available here)
4. White Egret Orchid (Habenaria Radiata)
5. Hooker’s Lips (Psychotria Elata)
6. Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrys bomybliflora)
7. Naked Man Orchid (Orchis Italica)
8. Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major)
9. Parrot Flower (Impatiens Psittacina)
10. Angel Orchid (Habenaria Grandifloriformis)
I really enjoyed looking at the “10 flowers of the world”. That’s what they are to me. Very, very interesting, especially the names that go along with them.