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Dont gift any of these to your Valentine :)

These are the top 4 of the most Unusual plants & flowers, enjoy!

1. Rafflesia arnoldii: 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.

The Worlds Most Unusual Plants

The Worlds Most Unusual Plants

2. Hydnora africana, 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.

The World’s Most Unusual Plants


The World’s Most Unusual Plants


3. Dracunculus vulgaris: smells like rotting flesh, and has a burgundy-colored, leaf-like flower that projects a slender, black appendage.

The World’s Most Unusual Plants


4. Amorphophallus: means, literally, "shapeless penis." The name comes from the shape of the erect black spadix.

The World’s Most Unusual Plants


The World’s Most Unusual Plants


The World’s Most Unusual Plants

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