Nature can sometimes take surprising forms. Some flowers resemble faces, insects, birds… A brief tour of the images.
A flower that looks like a parrot, another that is a double of a butterfly. Some species are amazing.
Habenaria radiata
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Habenaria radiata, nicknamed the dove nester or white heron, is a bulbous plant native to Japan that resembles a dove or an immaculate white butterfly in full flight. A flower with a light and airy appearance.
Ophrys bombyliflora
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Small Perennial Hairless Plant: Ophrys bombyliflora is a species of orchid unlike any other as it has a slightly stocky appearance with elongated soft green leaves and sub-globular tubers. It owes its name to its label, which resembles the belly of an insect.
Zingiber spectacular
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Zingiber spectabile, a perennial herb of the Zingiberaceae family from Asia, is characterized by a honeycomb flower shape that resembles a beehive and whose color varies between yellow and red to pink.
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Orchis italica
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Do these flowers look like little human beings? This perennial orchid, about twenty centimeters tall, has light purple flowers at the top of the inflorescence resembling a human body with arms and legs, earning it the nickname “hanging naked man orchid”.
Aristolochia salvadorensis
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It looks like a mask from the horror film Scream or Darth Vader Star Wars. Aristolochia salvadorensis is unique. From the Aristolochiaceae family, it is a climbing plant with glabrous stems and leaves native to South America.
Orchid Dracula simia
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An orchid whose petals in beige and red are shaped like a monkey’s head! Its name is also interesting: this epiphytic plant is the Dracula simia orchid from the orchidaceae family, originating from Peru and Ecuador.
Caleana major
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From the orchidaceae family, the flower of the caleana major orchid, a terrestrial plant from Australia, looks like a duck about to take off. Appears during flowering, between spring and summer.
Psychotria elata
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Mouth with bright red lipstick. This is the leaf of Psychotria elata, a tropical epiphytic shrub from the Rubiaceae family found in Central and South America. This particular shape has earned it the nickname “kissing plant” or “Mick Jagger lips”, in reference to the Rolling Stones singer’s luscious lips. They attract many pollinators such as butterflies.
Impatiens psittacina
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Impatiens psittacina, native to Asia, also bears the name “parrot flower” because of the shape of the flowers atop a thick stem that resembles the silhouette of a bird. The colors of this wild plant vary between purple and red depending on the species.
Peristeria elata
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Native to Central and South America, Peristeria elata is an orchid whose flower heart resembles the shape of a dove. Immaculate white, with hints of yellow and purple, opens during summer. This epiphytic plant is also nicknamed the “Holy Spirit Orchid”.