6 Strange species of orchids.
Here are six approaching strange species of orchids with animal shapes . Pictured above the White Egret Orchid ( Habenaria radiata ). It is a species of orchid endemic to China, Japan, Korea and Russia. Its name comes from its resemblance to the bird, also known as the flower of the white heron, or Sagiso fringed orchid. Pictured below the Duck Orchid ( Caleana major ). This is a small orchid found in eastern and southern Australia. This amazing orchid species resembles a duck in flight.
Orchis simian is a terrestrial orchid habit distributed by Western Europe and North Africa.
La Flor Perico ( Impatiens psittacina ). Perico Flower, Flower Parrot, Parrot Flower, is one of the strangest plant species in the world. Its scientific name is Impatiens psittacina. It is located in Thailand.
The rarity of the species increases, because in addition to the restrictions imposed by the Thai government on its traffic, has a natural pollinator to date is unknown, since the shape of the flower is very difficult a common insect pollinator, like a bee or a butterfly reach the reproductive organs.
Naked men hanging from a flower ( Orchis militaris ). Orchis militaris is a species in the orchid genus Orchis Orchidoideae subfamily of the family Orchidaceae. They are distributed throughout Europe. Son of terrestrial habits and have tubers. Orchids get their name from the Greek "orchis" meaning testicle, by the appearance of underground tubers in some terrestrial species. The word 'orchis' the first used Theophrastus (371/372 - 287/286 BC), in his book "De plantarum history" (The natural history of plants). He was a pupil of Aristotle and is considered the father of botany and ecology. Militaris by the shape of the sepals that gives an appearance of flower warrior.
The Dracula Orchid . Among the wide variety of species of orchids are these strange and amazing orchids of Ecuador and Peru, which bloom in the 2000 meters in their forests.
Was named Orchid Dracula because of its resemblance to the famous Earl of Carpathians, for its two spurs that resemble fangs famous character.
