10 most amazing plants on Earth

Our planet is growing many plants, many of which are staggering. Let's make the kind of hit parade of amazing plants.



1. First in the queue we Welwitschia (the first picture) amazing (Welwitschia mirabilis). The age of this tree is a dwarf encountered in the desert can reach over 2000 years. The tree has penkoobrazny barrel, on both sides of which runs two pages, each of which is torn lengthwise into ribbons, and tips wither. Sometimes the length of the leaves can be up to 8 meters and their width up to 1,8 meters.


2. Rafflesia (Rafflesia) is a genus of parasitic plants (mostly in vines). The plant has no stems, leaves, roots and spends most of his life in the tissues of the host plant. A distinctive feature of plants are the huge size of flowers, whose diameter may reach a meter, and the weight of ten kilograms. Despite the magnificent alien species of flowers, they smell horrible (smell like "flavor" rotten meat). This particular scent attracts major pollinators - flies.



3. Amorphophallus (Amorphophallus) is also known for its odor of decaying flesh, which allows you to admire the flowers only in the mask. Flowers of this plant can reach heights of two and a half meters and a diameter of five feet. The tubers of this plant in many countries of the east are used in cooking and folk medicine.



4. Bidzhelou Opuntia (Opuntia bigelovii) is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable plants of the Cactaceae. You will find pictures taken in California National Park Joshua-Tree. In the picture the whole territory to the horizon covered with luxurious fluffy cacti, which can reach a height of two meters.



5. Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) cactus belongs to the family and can reach heights of 14 meters and a diameter of 3 meters. Besides its huge size and the plant is known for its longevity (age cactus is 150 years old).



6. Nepenthes (Nepenthes) could be called a very real predator, which receives nutrients from the captured insects. Leaves of plants resemble pitchers, the inner surface of which provides nectar, attracting insects and preventing the release of the victim. At the bottom of the jar is where an insect falls (the amount of water can be up to two liters). It is worth noting that at times the victims of the plants are not only insects, but also mice, birds, rats.



7. Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) also applies to the plants, predators that feed on living things (this species is able to eat not only insects, but snails and even frogs).



8. Bengali Ficus (Ficus benghalensis). If you take a closer look at the photograph, we can say that there is depicted a forest, but it is not. The photo shows the only tree ficus Bengal, which forms a powerful branch, which is supported by the shoots, going down to the ground and take root there.



9. Sequoia evergreen (Sequoia sempervirens) is the tallest tree on earth and can reach a height of 110 meters. Age sequoias can reach three and a half millennia. Once the barrels are arranged in the house and cut a road tunnels. There is a growing redwood in California.



10. Puja Raymond (Puya raimondii) belongs to the family Bromelievyh and grow in the Andes of Peru and Bolivia. The plant is famous for the largest inflorescence, with a diameter up to two and a half meters, a height of 12 meters. Inflorescence consists of 10,000 ordinary flowers. Blossoms only one time when a century and a half old.