World's Most Unusual Plants

Posted by Alex in Home & Garden on May 5, 2008 at 12:44 am


Divine Caroline blog has a neat post by Midori Nakamura on the world’s most unusual plants (and yes, the "shapeless penis" plant made the list!)

This one is Hydnora africana:

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.

Link – via Miss Cellania (Photo: Martin Heigan [Flickr])


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8 comments to "World's Most Unusual Plants"

  1. stacyj
    May 5th, 2008 at 7:07 am

    I feel dirty, looking at that pic ...

  2. Jimbo
    May 5th, 2008 at 11:03 am

    ...thinking of baseball

  3. Benny Lava
    May 5th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    That first one looks like it's going to engulf the guy's head. Creepy!

  4. Jimbo
    May 5th, 2008 at 2:50 pm

    I'd hit it!

  5. ted
    May 5th, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    Whoa!

  6. Viola
    May 6th, 2008 at 10:05 am

    I love how a post about flowers is suddenly all about the vag.

    To be fair though, most of them are smelly...

  7. Tara
    May 6th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

    @ Viola, lol you've smelled that much vag?

  8. Jimbo
    May 6th, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    smelly? Only bad bacteria causes that. It can be treated.


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