10 Rare Plants in the World

By: Vaishnavi Barthwal [{ "selector": ".sfmpx-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Rafflesia Arnoldii

Also known as the corpse plant, this name was given to this plant because of its foul odour that is like decaying flesh [{ "selector": ".rrdrq-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Encephalartos Woodii

This plant is found in South Africa and is considered being extinct in the wild with all specimens being clones of the type [{ "selector": ".uegbt-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Nepenthes Tenax

This is an extremely rare Australian lowland plant native to northern Queensland. This plant is now a part of the endangered species of the world [{ "selector": ".kkgie-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Welwitschia

This weird-looking plant has a woody, thick, short and stout trunk. This plant has a very slow growth rate and is believed to live for 1000 to 2000 years on earth [{ "selector": ".cefcr-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Pennantia Baylisiana

Scoring a place in the Guinness book of world records. Pennantia Baylisiana is again an extinct plant of the world [{ "selector": ".iulfq-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Amorphophallus Titanum (Titan Arum)

This moody plant only blooms occasionally and it looks like a flower with a red outing with an inner beige colour wick [{ "selector": ".ejrni-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Ghost Orchid

This weird looking plant resembles the shape of tiny ghosts hanging on its bushes [{ "selector": ".gtpxm-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Dragon’s Blood Tree

This Dragon Blood Tree resembles the shape of a mushroom when looked at it from below [{ "selector": ".boscf-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Middlemist Red

The prettiest flower is no doubt rarest one in the world today. It has only two specimens left in the world today [{ "selector": ".crbqj-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Rothschild’s Slipper Orchid

One of the most expensive flowers in the world is something you have to wait for 15 long years to get one [{ "selector": ".ggnju-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }] Learn More