Rare and exotic flowers attract botanists and nature lovers alike.
Rae flowers have become terribly expensive as often they have to be carefully cultivated under the most desirable conditions.
YOUTAN POLUO
This tiny beautiful flowers bloom every three thousand years and is linked to Buddhism. The myth is that every three thousand years when the plant blossoms it marks the arrival of a future king or the reincarnation of Buddha.
SNOWDONIA HAWKWEED.
It is one of the rarest flowers in the world and was thought to be extinct, but rediscovered in 2oo2 in the mountain slopes in Wales. It is a striking flower with almost bristle like flowerheads.
SEA POISON TREE.
t is a large tree, that grows on sandy and rocky shores. It has large leaves held in rosettes at the ends of branches.
The young leaves are a beautiful bronze with pinkish veins. The flowers are beautiful with white stamens, tipped with pink. They only open at night and attract nectar-feeding bats and large moths
ATTENBOROUH'S PITCHER PLANT
This rare flower comes from the Phillippines and is one of the rarest plants in the world.
MIDDLEMIST RED.
This rare flower was imported from Chine over 200 years ago to Britain. It is one of the rarest plants in the world and is known to exist in only two locations in the world, a garden in New Zealand, and a greenhouse in the UK.
LISIANTHUS.
This exotic and rare plant has large, bell-shaped flowers with purple petal-like lobes and is only found in Mexico. They bloom in summer from the upper leaf axils and they come in various colours, including white, various shades of pink, deep -purple, lavender, and blue-violet
KADUPUL FLOWER.
This rare and exotic flower come from Sri Lanka, It is white-yellow coloured and grows about ten centimetres to 20 centimeters It has a pleasant fragrance and is a cactus species.
It is one of the most expensive flowers and rare.
GOLDEN PARROT'S BEAK OR LOTUS VINE
It is also called the Golden Parrot's Peak, it is a tender perennial plant. It produces lots of bright one-inch golden flowers tipped with red or orange, from late spring to early summer and fall.
CHOCOLATE COSMOS.
This rare tuberous-rooted tender plant is native to Mexico. And really chocolate-scented!
BLACK BAT FLOWER.
This is a species of flowering plant in the yam family.
It is unusual as it has black flowers. The flowers are almost bat-shaped, and up to 12 inches across with long whiskers that can grow up to twenty-eight inches.
This is only a fraction of the rare and exotic flowers in the world.
