Flowers are beautiful and aromatic for birds and insects to make them attractive for pollination. However, What makes a flower beautiful to us? We chose our top 5 based on rarity, looks and other characteristics. Take a look at our pick of the 5 most beautiful flowers in the world.
1. Lady Slippers
These flowers are an uncommon member of the orchid family. These beauties are mostly found in European areas. The purple and yellow color combination is the most rare of the Lady Slippers. Lady slippers are named for the way that they resemble a lady’s slipper. Lady Slippers are protected under London Law.
2. Corpse Flower
This flower is the largest, rarest, and foulest smelling flower in the world. The corpse flower is beautiful and unique looking, but it gives off a putrid meat like aroma. They are found in low rain forest areas. This flower can grow up to 20 feet high. It is green on the outside and dark red inside. The flowers that grow in botanical gardens are protected under law.
3. Jade Vine
Jade Vine is an exceptionally rare flower that belongs to the peas and beans family. It is only found in the rain forest of the Philippines. The Jade Vine has claw shape flowers which can reach a height of approximately 3 meters. The flower’s colors range from blue to light green.
4. Middlemist Red
This flower is the one of the rarest flowers in the world. It is so rare that only two specimens remain in the world, and one is at the New Zealand Garden and the other at Green House Garden of United Kingdom. John Middlemist, a plant guru, brought this plant from China to the United Kingdom around 1804. Botanists have been conducting long time research to find out which flowering species that the Middlemist Red is related to.
5. Bleeding Heart
These fanciful, dainty, and fairy-like blossoms are a well-loved favorite in shady gardens. Bleeding heart flowers are either red, pink or white. These flowers will appear sometime between April and June.
