The most unusual flowers around the world

In the world of flowers getting swept off your feet with the beauty is an everyday thing, but as with most things in this world, beauty often lies in the eye of the beholder. Someone can find the same thing repulsive that you find really beautiful. In the world of flowers, there is everything from pure beauty to some of the weirdest and unusual flowers that you might not know about. Here is a list of some of the world's most unusual flower. Now you decide whether they are beautiful or just weird. In any case, you definitely will find some new things about the flower world.

Flame lily (Gloriosa superba)

The beautiful flowering plant is native to tropical regions of Africa and Asia and belongs to the Colchicaceae flower family. The flame lily is typically a climbing plant and grows as tuberous that climb up any support they can find. The flower that blooms is very unusually red or yellow colour with wavy edges. Perhaps the most exciting fact about this flower is that it is the national flower of Zimbabwe.

Bee orchid (Ophrys apifera)

These flower as their name suggests belong to the orchid family and come from the Mediterranean regions. These are perennial plants and produce between one to ten flowers on each spike every summer. The most exciting thing about these is the resemblance to the honey bees hence the name.

Maypop passionflower (paassiflora incarnata)

One of the fastest growing perennial vine that has large, intricate flowers with really bold and prominent styles and stamens. This is a member of the passionflower genus which belongs to the passiflora family. It can be commonly found in the wild of southern united states. 

Torch ginger (etlingera elatior)

This flower belongs to the herbaceous species of perennial plants. The flowers of this plant are exceptionally red and waxy, can be easily spotted throughout the gardens of Costa Rica. Their flowers look very nice and so are often used in decorative arrangements while the flower buds can be used as a delicious dish. In Fact, the bud is an essential ingredient in the nonya dish laksa. And even in the North Sumatra region, the flower buds are used for a dish called arsik Ikan mas etlingera elatior.

Sea poison tree (barringtonia Asiatica)

This plant is a part of the barringtonia species, common along the coastal regions of the Pacific ocean and Indian ocean. They have a kind of a sickly sweet smell that attracts bats and moths at night. It is a common thing to grow these along streets for decorative and shade purposes in some parts of the Indian subcontinent.

These were just some of the vast variety of weird and unusual flowers that we found to show you a different side of the flower world. You might have found some a bit distasteful, but these are a part of the flower family nonetheless. These might not be a good idea to gift someone but the usual flowers still are, so if you have been wanting to gift a friend or a loved one a bouquet of flowers get it delivered to their doorstep with Chennai Online Florist.