Sunday, May 1, 2011

Rare plants in the world

You know, there are some unique and rare plants in this world?

World's
Most powerful Plants
Welwitschia Mirabilis




Indeed, this one plant plasticity not cool, but native plants Namibia is indeed extraordinary, just the one! This plant has only two leaves and a stem and root systems, do it ONLY! But these two leaves continue to grow until eventually like Alien. The longer the stem of this plant will be more bold, but not escalate, the maximum height of this plant is only 2 feet away but can reach 8 meters in width. Age of these plants can reach 400 to 15 centuries!. Could survive without rain for 5 years! In addition, plants in Namibia called Onyanga it was delicious to eat either eaten raw or cooked in the coals. Oh yes, the meaning of the name is Onion Onyanga

Carnivore
Plants
Dionaea Muscipula




Plant this one is the most famous carnivorous plant, because the activity and efficiency in trapping prey. Pair of "Leaves" that characterizes this plant is a trap that has an ultra-sensitive hair, which can feel a small animal or insect that comes. Once the hairs on the leaf is touched, then the leaves will close and trap any animal that approached her.

World's Largest
Flower
Rafflesia Arnoldi



Great interest that this rare extraordinary attention in the world. Imagine the size of the flowers that can reach 1 meter and its own weight can reach 8 kg to 12 kg. But the problem is not fragrant smell, and even more close to rotten meat. So this flower called the corpse flower in our country, which is the natural habitat of this flower. This flower will bloom a week or three days, and attract insects to fertilize with the stench emitted by these flowers. Unfortunately, the result of fertilization, only 10-20 percent of it managed to grow.

Crop
Ball Baseball
Euphorbia Obesa




This plant is a plant endemic to the Great Karoo region, South Africa. Because its funny, many plant enthusiasts finally take this plant and mengkoleksinya, so that the population is severely damaged. Eventually these plants protected by the South African government.

flower
Amorphophallus titanum



Interest on this one big high, even higher than human. Well .. this interest that has received the nickname corpse flower, because in addition to the smell which is similar to the carcass, also mimic rotting flesh color. This flower was also widely known in the world community as one of the plants native to Indonesia.

Bottle
Trees
Boabab


This tree is a native plant of Madagascar, Africa and Australia. This tree is called a bottle tree, because in addition to the bottle shape is similar, this tree was indeed to save up to 300 liters of water! So can grow up to 500 years!

Dragon Blood Tree

Dracaena Cinnabari


This plant is native Socotra archipelago. This tree is known by the name of the Dragon Blood Tree or Socotra Dragon Tree. The form is unique, like an umbrella, was only one of this tree unique. Name of dragon blood from this tree was taken from the sap of this tree is red. Just like the blood of the dragon in Harry Potter, it turns out 'dragon's blood' of the tree is useful for the treatment. In addition, it turns red 'dragon's blood' tree is also often used as a natural red dye.

Resurrection
Plant

Selaginella Lepidophylla

Another name of this flower is the Flower of Jericho, a desert plant is known for his ability to survive even in times of drought. During the dry season, the trunk will shrink and curl into a ball. And so there is water, the trunk line will break away from the reel. This plant is mostly found in the Chihuahua desert.

Tree
Dynamite

Hura Brasiliensis


This plant turned out to be one of the plants from the Amazon rainforest. Other nicknames? Tree of Hell, or there is also a dub Sand Box Tree (sandbox tree). Just imagine, the stem is covered with sharp thorns, and it was like that, it turns poisonous tree sap and is widely used by local residents to poison their arrowheads.In addition they alsohave fruit . And the fruit of this tree is not playing games, so ripe, the fruit of this tree is going to explode! Even the explosive power of this tree is capable of injuring humans and animals that accidentally passing near this tree! hence the name Dynamite!(slh)

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