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Category Archives: Unusual Flowers
Weird & Wacky: Rose Proliferation
Believe it or not, roses are not always beautiful and perfect. Sometimes, they can turn ugly! Rose proliferation is when a new bud along with its unfurling leaves will grow through the center of a rose that is already in … Continue reading
Posted in Roses, Unusual Flowers, Weird and Wacky
Tagged gardening problems, Mutation, rose, rose proliferation
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Weird & Wacky: Fasciation
In the world of flowers, you can find the good, the bad and the ugly. Most flowers are good; they are perfectly shaped and are beautiful works of art! Bad flowers aren’t perfect and have some unsightliness-usually the result of … Continue reading
Posted in Unusual Flowers, Weird and Wacky
Tagged Fasciation, unusual flowers, weird and wacky
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Weird & Unusual: The Jellyfish Tree
**Click on image to see larger version and to learn more about this plant!** Just one look at the flowers and you will understand why the Medusagyne oppositifolia is nicknamed the Jellyfish Tree. This extremely rare and endangered tree produces … Continue reading
Weird & Unusual Flowers: Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys)
The colour of this flower is so unusual, you think this flower is out of this world! But the Strongylodon macrobotrys, also known as jade vine or emerald vine, is naturally this seafoam blue-green. The shape of the flower is … Continue reading
Putrella, the Corpse Flower is Now in Full Bloom at the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton
What’s 8 ft tall and smells like death? That would be Putrella, the Corpse Flower! Also known scientifically as titan arum or amorphophallus titan, the affectionately named Putrella, is the tallest and the stinkiest plant in the world and we … Continue reading
Weird Plants: The Toothache Plant
Got a toothache? Get yourself the toothache plant! When chewed, the leaves and flower heads contain an analgesic called spilanthol, which is used to numb toothaches. The flowers tend to have a stronger numbing effect than the leaves. The toothache … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers in the News, Unusual Flowers, Weird and Wacky
Tagged acmella oleracea, flowers, spilanthes, toothache plant
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The Orchid that Looks like a Bee!
I spy with my little eye a bee on a flower. Or do I? Upon a second glance, that’s not a bee at all! It’s a bee orchid, a type of orchid that looks like a bee resting on a … Continue reading
Posted in Unusual Flowers, Weird and Wacky
Tagged Exotic Flowers, Orchid, orchid varieties, Orchids, unusual flowers, weird flowers
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Meet The Vick’s VapoRub Plant!
Mint has a nice scent, but it has nothing on the Plectranthus tomentosa, or “Vick’s VapoRub Plant! This perennial succulent has fuzzy leaves that smell just like the popular cough and congestion rub, which has a strong, distinctive menthol and … Continue reading
Weird & Wacky! The Hooker’s Lips Plant!
Nope. Those aren’t Mick Jagger’s lips Photoshopped onto a plant. Believe it or not, this is a real plant affectionately called Hooker’s Lips for the flowers that look like large, luscious red lips. Known scientifically as Psychotria elata, these low-growing … Continue reading
Posted in Unusual Flowers, Weird and Wacky
Tagged flowers, hookers lips, hot lips plant, psychotria elata, unusual flowers, weird flowers
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The World’s Shiniest Plant, the Pollia Condensata
What’s small, blue, shiny and not a gem? It’s not a trick question. There is a plant native to African rainforests that produces a fruit so shiny, it almost seems to glow. At first glance, the blue berry looks like … Continue reading
Posted in Unusual Flowers, Weird and Wacky
Tagged Africa, marble berry, pollia condensata, tropical plants, world's shiniest plant
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