Jade vine
His famous jade vine was due to its spectacular blue-green color kogtevidnym. Pollination of flowers "produce" the bats who love to drink its nectar. Due to climatic changes and the systematic clearing of natural habitats of rare colors - jade vine endangered.
This Silene grows only on the high cliffs of Gibraltar and has long been considered completely extinct. But in 1994 a copy of this plant was accidentally discovered by a mountain climber. Now the seeds of this plant are located in the Millennium Seed Bank, and the very campion grow in Gibraltar Botanic Gardens in London's Royal Botanical Gardens.
A very rare plant, the flower, as two drops of water like a parrot's beak, thus earning its name. Many consider it extinct, although there are some enthusiasts who think differently. Homeland of the plant - the Canary Islands. Only their pollinators were sunbirds, which have long disappeared.
Homeland of the flower - Mexico, now 100 years it was considered extinct from the wild. Nowadays you can find only barren appearance of this plant, which was launched in 1902. Its flowers are 3-4 cm in diameter and in the summer smell of vanilla.
Kokio - one of the rarest species of flowers that bloom in a particular form of Hawaiian trees. These trees were discovered in 1860 and in 1950 they were considered extinct. However, after 20 years was found one tree of this species, which, unfortunately, died during a natural disaster - fire in 1978. However, one of the branches of the tree was saved, and even to plant other Hawaiian trees.
This flower is very rare because it is very rare blooms, although it is quite easy to grow. It grows on the islands of Sri Lanka, but only blooms at midnight and immediately after flowering dies. There is a belief that when a flower blooms, Nagas (semi-mythical characters) descend from heaven to earth to give the flower to Buddha.
The ghost orchid is a very interesting and rare plants. For 20 years it was considered extinct, but recently re-emerged. Due to its rare nature of their natural breeding is almost impossible. They feed on ghost orchid is not like all plants, ie not from the process of photosynthesis, because they have no leaves. Nourish the roots of the plant a special kind of mushroom, which is attached to the roots.
Widely distributed throughout Europe earlier form of this flower, at the moment is a rare type of orchid. In 1917 the UK was found on the golf course a few copies. They are very expensive and the price for one of its arm reaches $ 5,000. The initial development of these slippers like the ghost orchid development: first sprout, sprouting through seed, needs a special fungus, with which it feeds. It was only after some time the plants begin to grow their own leaves.
Yellow and purple lady's shoes
Widely distributed throughout Europe earlier form of this flower, at the moment is a rare type of orchid. In 1917 the UK was found on the golf course a few copies. They are very expensive and the price for one of its arm reaches $ 5,000. The initial development of these slippers like the ghost orchid development: first sprout, sprouting through seed, needs a special fungus, with which it feeds. It was only after some time the plants begin to grow their own leaves.
The smell of this flower is so disgusting as it is rare Sumatran species of the flower. Height of flowers of this plant reaches up to 2 meters. This is a very fragile flower, its growth is entirely dependent on the particular vines, which feeds the plant. Pollinators of this plant are the flies and beetles, attracted by the smell of rotting flesh.
