The beauty of flowers, like chocolate, helps the body produce endorphins, thereby improving mood and relieving stress. Girls adore roses and daisies, inhale their fragrance and admire grace. You can endlessly choose the most beautiful flower in the world, because incredible specimens grow in every part of the world.
Orchid
Exotic flower, which came to us from South America, quickly gained popularity among men and women. The former are content with the fact that they can give these unusual plants to their lovely halves, while the latter rejoice at an unusual gift.
The color scheme of orchids is incredibly diverse - white, lilac, pink, yellow, green, speckled and striped - there are an infinite number of species. They are unpretentious in home care, but, most importantly, they bloom for several months, pleasing the eye of the hostess. Delicate, sophisticated orchids can rightfully take leadership among the representatives of the flora.
Lotus
Lotus has long symbolized beauty and innocence in Buddhism. As soon as dusk falls, hehides its snow-white petals back under the water, so that, shining, it opens at dawn. The white lotus is a symbol of rebirth, happiness, purity, spirituality. Buddhists believe that it is perfect. There is no flower more perfect than the lotus.
In terms of species diversity, this is a relative of water lilies. His home region is the waters of the Nile River. That is why in ancient Egypt the white lotus was a symbol of power, and the pharaohs were often depicted sitting on it. Large flowers are always facing the sun. But its greatest exclusivity is that in dirty, muddy, muddy water it always remains snow-white.
Sakura
Pink trees are extremely popular in Japan, they have become a symbol of this country. Thousands of people from all over the world come here to share the happiness of cherry blossoms for a short period in May. During this week, the mountainous country is transformed: it is covered with a pink and white carpet of small petals. In Japanese culture, there is a tradition of admiring flowers - Hanami. This is so important for residents that already a few months before the start of the expected flowering, forecasts are shown on all TV channels.
Sakura trees can be found in any city. They grow in parks, squares, alleys. Sonnets and songs are dedicated to them. This is truly one of the most delicate and beautiful flowers on Earth.
Strelitzia
Strelitzia is called the "flower of paradise". It is a perennial plant found only in South Africa.
The plant species was named after one of the Queens of England,ruling at the time it was opened. It was Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Indeed, this plant is the best suited to its name. The flowers are so unusual that they look like an open fan. Each petal is sharp as an arrowhead. From afar, it may seem that many colorful birds are sitting in the thickets of grass. That is why he has a middle name - "bird of paradise".
Dicentra is gorgeous
We have this plant more familiar under the name "broken heart". It speaks for itself. A scattering of small pink hearts hangs on a branch, which, opening at the bottom, lose a drop of a tear. Such a romantic name is associated with hundreds of legends. The Germans call it "the flower of the heart", the French call it "Jeanette's heart", and the Poles call it "the slipper of the Mother of God".
The fashion for this plant has a wave-like character. It falls, then increases with renewed vigor. Recently, this tall bush with shoots of about 3 meters is chosen infrequently, giving preference to more unpretentious plants. But the dicentra is truly the most beautiful flower in the world.
Bromeliad
This unusual star flower is native to South America. The bromeliad flower has long been homemade and adapts perfectly to any conditions. He has one shoot with long sharp leaves. The top is decorated with a rosette from which one flower is formed. There are over 50 different shades.
Bromeliad flower with its popularityindebted to Mulford Foster. This botanist hails from Florida, the native territory of the exotic plant. During his life, Foster developed 200 new varieties of Bromeliad and grew hundreds of hybrids. Thanks to him, love for this plant has spread far beyond the US.
Dahlias
Fluffy, herbaceous, perennial plant came to us from Mexico, Central America and Colombia. It has a spherical shape, various tones of coloring always delight with unusual beauty. For us, it is a symbol of autumn - bright, rich, golden. The dahlia flower excites passion, pushes you to crazy deeds. In ancient times, he was placed in a room where sacrifices were made, and he brought some empresses to terrible fits of anger.
The most beautiful flower in the world is the symbol of Mexico. The Aztecs used its stem instead of a straw. Since it is hollow, you can safely drink water with it. The roots were fed to livestock, and the dried petals were used to make medicines. The dahlia flower in Aztec mythology is also associated with the fact that the God of War was born with it.
Amazing Exotics
Unusual flowers are difficult to meet. They are very rare in the world and, as a rule, grow in the most inaccessible places. Some are endemic, or there are only a few of them. Consider the most beautiful flowers in the world, which are very rare:
- Kadupul. The duration of flowering of this plant is only a few hours. The beginning usually comes at midnight, and by dawnkadupul dies. You can meet him only in some forests of Sri Lanka. Because of its unusualness, enterprising natives have learned to make money on a tourist pilgrimage to this flower.
- Ghost Orchid. A rare flower with cobweb-like roots. Grows only in Cuba. The ghost orchid can only live off other plants. It has no leaves and is intertwined with others so tightly that it is difficult to determine where its trunk is. The flower itself has an outlandish shape and seems to be floating in the air.
- "Parrot's beak". The fire-like flower is the most striking representative of the Canary Islands. Flowers in nature are gradually disappearing. This is due to the fact that the nectary birds have become extinct. It was these tiny birds that pollinated the "parrot's beak." Now pollination in the reserves is carried out manually.
The most beautiful and expensive flowers
- Tops the ranking of the most expensive and beautiful flowers of Gloriosa. Its price in America is $10 (560 rubles) per copy. Gloriosa is shaped like a Chinese lantern and has a variegated color.
- Edelweiss. It is a symbol of purity, tenderness, and also a flower of brave and courageous young men. Whoever is not afraid to get it from the highest peaks is worthy of true love. Well, lazy people can buy it for $10 (560 rubles).
- Rainbow rose. An unusual variety of roses, in which the petals replace each other in various shades. Variegated Flower is available for an average of 15dollars (840 rubles).
- Dark purple tulip. This species is called the "king of the night". Looks elegant and very charming. The variety does not occur in nature, and it is extremely difficult to breed it. Therefore, the high price.
- Kinabalu Gold Orchid. An unusual orchid is on the verge of extinction. You can meet her only in one place - in the National Park on Mount Kinabalu. This bright flower with golden tints has a pleasant aroma. This is a real diamond among flowers, and finding it, and even more so buying it, is an extremely difficult task.
There are hundreds of unusual and beautiful species in the world, because each flower is unique in its own way. Take a look around and you will see that there are hundreds, thousands of beautiful flora in your area.
