Bats pollinating flowers.
Tag: flower
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“Be like the flower
who even gives it’s fragrance
to the hand that crushes it”
— Imam Ali
Werewolf plant, the only known plant species that relies on the lunar cycle for survival.
At night, Ephedra foeminea secretes small translucent globules of sugary liquid to
attract nocturnal pollinating insects. The globules are like tiny beads
oozing out from cone-shaped female organs and appeared exactly when the moon was full, but a wind-pollinated relative showed no lunar correlation.
Zingiber zerumbet (awapuhi), also known as shampoo ginger or pinecone ginger is a vigorous species of the ginger family.
As the flower heads mature, they gradually fill with an aromatic, slimy liquid and turn a brighter red color. The most common use of ‘awapuhi is as a shampoo and conditioner for the hair. The clear, slimy juice present in the mature flower heads is excellent for softening and bringing shininess to the hair. It can be left in the hair or rinsed out. Hawaiian women often pick or cut the flowerheads of
this plant in the forest, as they approach a pool or waterfall
for a refreshing summer bath, leave the flowers atop a nearby rock, and
then squeeze the sweet juices into their hair and over their bodies
when the swim is completed.
At first glance you may see a bright pink bird, but this is in fact a flower. Impatiens psittacina, also known as the “parrot flower” or “parrot balsam” is a species of balsam from Southeast Asia and was noted for its flower that resemble a “flying cockatoo”. It is known from Thailand, Burma and parts of India.
Tacca chantrieri (black bat).
Rafflesia arnoldii
Rafflesia arnoldii is the world’s largest flower having a diameter of about one meter and weighing up to ten kilograms. It is a rare flower and not easily located. It grows only once a year and blooms for around five days. According to researches in discovery news, this flower that looks and smells like rotting flesh is related to flimsy flowers like violets, poinsettias and passionflowers. Hence it also called as “meat flower” or “corpse flower”.
The flower is pollinated by flies and carrion beetles attracted by its vile smell. It contains about 27 species and found in Indonesian rain forests of southeastern Asia and Philippines. Rafflesia is an official state flower of Indonesia, Surat Thani Province in Thailand and Sabah state in Malaysia.
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