13 Of The World’s Most Bizarre Plants And Fungi

Nature / May 20, 2010 / 28,076 views / Comments (10)

Image sources:

– Rafflesias Flower:
http://msnbcmedia4.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/070111/070111_giant_flower_02.hmedium.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rafflesia_sumatra.jpg/200px-Rafflesia_sumatra.jpg
– Titan Arum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Titan-arum1web.jpg
– Elephant foot yam:
http://www.tropicamente.it/home/catalogo/cata/a/Amorphophallus%20paeoniifolius.jpg
– Bear’s head tooth mushroom:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Igelstachelbart_Nov_06.jpg/800px-Igelstachelbart_Nov_06.jpg
– Red Cage fungus:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Clathrus_ruber.jpg
– Witch’s Butter and Black Jelly Roll:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Tremella_mesenterica.jpg/427px-Tremella_mesenterica.jpg
http://www.mushroomhobby.com/Gallery/Jelly%20Fungi/Exidia%20glandulosa.JPG
– Madagascar ocotillo:
http://www.soenyun.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/balboa-park-succulent-alluaudia-procera-200×300.jpg
– Durian:
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/AFNikkor/AF35105mm/durian_malaysia.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oCQNykJzXjw/SGBt5NzlSzI/AAAAAAAAAvI/uyZ0hEVc-rY/durian-1.jpg
– Silver Torch Cactus:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Cleistocactus_strausii_Woolly_Torch%2C_Huntington_Desert_Garden.jpg/250px-Cleistocactus_strausii_Woolly_Torch%2C_Huntington_Desert_Garden.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Cleistocactus_strausii2.jpg/200px-Cleistocactus_strausii2.jpg
http://www.lapshin.org/cultivar/N40/nikita/Cleistocactus-strausii-cristata-NBS2007.jpg
– Austrocylinropuntia vestita:
http://www.lapshin.org/cultivar/N40/nikita/Austrocylinropuntia-vestita-cristata-NBS2007.jpg
– Dragon’s Blood tree:
http://artsytime.com/img/nature/socorta-island/socorta-island08.jpg
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p352594-Socotra_Yemen-Underneath_a_Dragons_Blood_Tree.jpg
– Elephant’s Trunk:
http://www.tucson-gardener.com/graphics/succulent/Pachypodium%20namaquanum02.jpg
– Tree Tumbo:
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01421/trumbo_1421873i.jpg

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Comments

Daphnia88

Dude, Rafflesia Arnoldii is NOT IN MALAYSIA. It can only be found in Indonesia, in the Sumatra and Borneo islands. It got the name from Thomas Raffles (and his buddy Joseph Arnold), one of the officers that was appointed Liutenant Governor when Indonesia (Java) was under the British invasion.

please make sure that your infos are correct before you publish them, will you? If I can find in in wikipedia, so can you. It's THAT easy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia_arnoldii

and dude, Durians are reeeally tasty. Especially Thai durians, they have tiny seeds and very thick fruit flesh and they taste sweeter than other kinds of durians, too. I agree with you though, if you eat them, your fingers could smell like durians for 2 days, but there are ways to get rid of the smell. and the smell's totally worth the taste.
euphoriajoca

Quote from same wiki page: “The largest recorded flower was measured at 1.04 metres on February 11, 2010, in Malaysia on the edge of the Cameron Highlands.” The person who wrote that wiki article wrote “metres”. You believe to wiki 100%? Maybe you should think twice…

Troya

euphoriajoca: yup Malaysia has also Rafflesia Arnoldii but mostly in Indonesia ( Sumatra & Kalimantan ) & Titan Arum can find in many botanical gardens in the world but it grows in the wild only in Sumatra…

http://flitz.do.am Flitzzz

Dude! Most of them can be found here in philippines, and plenty of rafflesias can be found here including the former largest rafflesia base on your comment that the current largest have recently discovered this late february. And dude you forgot to mention this one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8195000/8195029.stm the rat eating plant, where you can find it? only here.
http://flitz.do.am Flitzzz

Dude! Most of them can be found here in philippines, and plenty of rafflesias can be found here including the former largest rafflesia base on your comment that the current largest have recently discovered this late february. And dude you forgot to mention this one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8195000/8195029.stm the rat eating plant, where you can find it? only here.
http://flitz.do.am Flitzzz

Dude! Most of them can be found here in philippines, and plenty of rafflesias can be found here including the former largest rafflesia base on your comment that the current largest have recently discovered this late february. And dude you forgot to mention this one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8195000/8195029.stm the rat eating plant, where you can find it? only here.
J.Ruby

“Metre” is also correct, it is mostly used in countries outside of the United States.
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I purposely avoided the rat eating plant since it doesn't really eat rats.
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