In the spirit of uncovering weird and wonderful things, here’s a link to Divine Caroline, which features pics and tidbits on some of the world’s strangest plants.
Up top is welwitschia mirabilis, which apparently has only two leaves in that entire writhing mass of foliage. The one at right is amorphophallus, which translates from the Latin into “shapeless penis.”
Link via Neatorama.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Lysanne // May 10, 2008 at 1:30 am
Well, I knew plants 1, 3 and 4, but she’s got me on the others!
2 mark // May 12, 2008 at 9:56 am
Ha! Well, sorry for the partially false advertising then.
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