10 Various exotic plants

1. Cimicifuga leucocephala

Cimicifuga leucocephala is a kind of Cimicifuga, which is native to forests in North America. Because of its peculiar shape and fruit similar to doll's eyes, it is called "doll's eyes". The plant has many fruits, few leaves and small flowers, only about 6 mm, and its bright branches are quite eye-catching. Its lovely fruit, although beautiful and lovely, is highly toxic.

2. Pattern ball

Buqiu, also known as Huangyu and Obersa, is a succulent plant of Euphorbiaceae, native to South Africa. Shaped like a baseball wrapped in cloth, the surface is covered with red and brown stripes. The plant is spherical when it is young, and gradually becomes oval with the growth of years. Cloth ball is a hermaphrodite plant, which is very toxic and easy to cause serious skin problems.

3. Dental fungi

Dental fungi, also known as "devil's teeth", are mainly distributed in North America and Europe. This is an odorous mycorrhizal fungus, which forms a mutually beneficial relationship with many conifers: it extracts minerals and amino acids from the soil for the host, and the host provides it with solidified carbon. Its name comes from scarlet juice (also pink or orange), and its surface color is like blood. Although it is non-toxic and edible, the bitter taste of its bloody juice will make you unforgettable for life.

4. Centennial Chunlan

Centurium, also known as Centurium, Centurium and Dicotyledonous Tree, originated in the dinosaur era. This is an extremely precious relict plant. It is the only species of Centurium, a monoculture family, and the only grass-like woody plant among gymnosperms, mainly distributed in Angola and namib desert. This is a typical dioecious long-lived plant, which only grows two leaves in a lifetime and can survive for 500~ 1500 years, even in extreme weather conditions.

5. raw stone flowers

Dianthus belongs to Dianthus family, which is native to rock crevices and semi-desert areas in South Africa and Namibia. Its shape, size and color are very similar to the surrounding stones, which is camouflage. Because it is shaped like a colored stone and has rich colors, it enjoys the reputation of "living stone". Every spring, the original stone flower grows new fleshy leaves from the gap in the middle. The new fleshy leaves expand and rupture the old leaves, and then wither and die. The original stone flower grows rapidly in the rainy season and can survive for more than 50 years.

6.Amorphophallus konjac

Giant konjac is famous for its smell similar to carrion, also known as "corpse flower", which is unique to Sumatra, Indonesia. This is a parasitic plant, which steals nutrients from other plants during the growth period and confuses insects to pollinate them. Because it is extremely difficult to grow, it is described as "a rock star in the plant world". This plant blooms every 30 to 40 years, and the flowering period is only about 48 hours. It is considered to be the most smelly flower in the world.

7. Dawanghua

Wanghua is a succulent parasitic herb, which is mainly distributed in the forests of Sumatra Island. It is famous for its huge flowers and stench, and it is the largest individual flower in the world. Their main axis is very short, without leaves and underground stems, and the organs that absorb nutrients degenerate into mycelium, and the whole flower is all it is. It has only one flower in its life, and the flowering period is only 4-5 days, during which it will emit an unpleasant smell.

8. Venus flytrap

Venus flytrap is a perennial herbaceous insect-eating plant with complete roots, stems, leaves, flowers and seeds, which is native to North America. Most of them grow in nutrient-poor wetlands, so with the help of insect traps similar to "shells" at the top of leaves, the secreted honey lures flying insects into and preys on them, and digests and absorbs their nutrients within 10 days. Because its leaves have regular bristles, like Venus' eyelashes, it is named "Venus' fly catcher" in English.

9.Nepenthes

Nepenthes is a tropical insect-eating plant, native to Southeast Asia. Nepenthes have racemes of green or purple flowers. This plant has the most mysterious leaf structure. The insect-catching cage is cylindrical, the lower part is slightly enlarged, and the cage mouth is covered, so it is named because it looks like a pig cage. The bottle-shaped body at the top of the leaf is a tool for catching insects. The lid of the bottle can secrete fragrance and attract insects; The mouth of the bottle is smooth. Once the insect approaches, it will easily slip into the bottle, be drowned by the liquid secreted by the bottom of the bottle, and be decomposed, digested and absorbed.

10. Selaginella

Selaginella is a kind of original or stony resurrected plant, cushion-shaped and propagated by spores. Selaginella is distributed in China, Siberia, Korean Peninsula, Japanese, Indian and Philippine. Selaginella, also known as the nine-dead regrowth grass, has the survival stunt of being born in water and dying without water. When the water supply is sufficient, the branches and leaves of Selaginella Selaginella stretch after absorbing water and are green and pleasant; In extreme cases, its roots leave the soil, curl into a fist, move with the wind, protrude again when it meets water, and the roots burrow into the soil again to find water, and "die" and come back to life. It can usually be found in dry rock cracks or barren rock slopes.