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50 strangest plants

Name: 50 strangest plants
Uploaded: 2026-10-06
Duration: 56 s
Description: Fifty of the world's strangest plants in under a minute, from the corpse flower and Rafflesia to Welwitschia, the Venus flytrap and the giant water lily.

Fifty of the world's strangest plants in under a minute, from the corpse flower and Rafflesia to Welwitschia, the Venus flytrap and the giant water lily.

0:56 · 6 Oct 2026

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01. Titan arum: "Amorphophallus_titanum_(corpse_flower)_-_2.jpg" by Sailing moose, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
02. Rafflesia: "Rafflesia_arnoldii,_Sumatra.jpg" by LukeTriton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
03. Welwitschia: "Welwitschia_mirabilis(2).jpg" by Thomas Schoch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
04. Giant sequoia: "Grizzly_Giant_Mariposa_Grove.jpg" by Mike Murphy (talk · contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
05. Coast redwood: "US_199_Redwood_Highway.jpg" by Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
06. Wollemi pine: "Wakehurst_Place_woodland_Wollemi_pine.jpg" by AndyScott, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
07. Ginkgo: "GINKGOBAUM-2.jpg" by EecherplazGinkgo06.jpg: Cayambe derivative work: Ginkgotree (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
08. Dawn redwood: "Metasequoia_glyptostroboides_in_Forest_park_of_Aichi_Prefecture.jpg" by Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
09. Encephalartos woodii: "Encephalartos_woodii_original_stem_Durban_Botanic_Gardens_04_09_2010.JPG" by Purves, M., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
10. Franklin tree: "Franklinia_alatamaha.jpg" by Francine Riez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
11. Venus flytrap: "Venus_Flytrap_showing_trigger_hairs.jpg" by Noah Elhardt, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
12. Rajah pitcher plant: "Nepenthes_rajah.png" by unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
13. Darwin’s orchid: "Angraecum sesquipedale Orchi 4.jpg" by Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
14. Dragon blood tree: "Dragonblood_tree_in_Socotra_2.jpg" by Alex38, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
15. Madagascar baobab: "Adansonia_grandidieri04.jpg" by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
16. Queen of the Andes: "Puya_raimondii_hábito.jpg" by Pepe Roque, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
17. Māhāhā silversword: "Haleakalasilversword.jpg" by Witort at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
18. Ghost orchid: "Ghost_Orchid.jpg" by Mick Fournier / HBI Producers of Fine Orchids [1], CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
19. Resurrection plant: "Selaginella_lepidophylla_gruen.jpeg" by unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
20. Living stones: "Lithops-karasmontana-1.jpg" by Luis Fernández García L. Fdez, CC BY-SA 2.1 es, via Wikimedia Commons
21. Indian pipe: "Monotropa_uniflora_in_Penwood_State_Park_3,_2009-07-03.jpg" by Sage Ross, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
22. Attenborough’s pitcher plant: "Attlwr.jpg" by Dr. Alastair Robinson, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
23. Saguaro: "Carnegiea_gigantea_in_Saguaro_National_Park_near_Tucson,_Arizona_during_November_(58).jpg" by WClarke, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
24. Joshua tree: "Joshua_Tree_01.jpg" by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
25. Giant water lily: "Victoria_amazonica_edit_1.jpg" by Bilby, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
26. Hydnora: "HydnoraAfricanaKarasburgDistrictNamibia2002Musselman.jpg" by Lytton John Musselman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
27. Watermeal: "Duckweeds.jpg" by unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
28. Catapulting sundew: "Drummond_reserve_drosera.jpg" by User:JarrahTree, CC BY 2.5 au, via Wikimedia Commons
29. Monkey orchid: "15.Dracula_simia,_the_Monkey_Face_Orchid_(10957423336).jpg" by Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
30. King protea: "Peninsula_Sandstone_Fynbos_-_KingProtea_-_Table_Mountain.JPG" by S Molteno, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
31. African baobab: "Baobab_and_elephant,_Tanzania.jpg" by Ferdinand Reus from Arnhem, Holland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
32. Cobra lily: "Darlingtonia_californica_ne1.JPG" by NoahElhardt (talk · contribs), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
33. Ant plant: "Hydnophytum_formicarum_01.jpg" by Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
34. Baseball plant: "Euphorbia_obesa_obesa_15102244.jpg" by Andrew Hankey, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
35. Parrot pitcher plant: "Sarracenia_psittacina3.jpg" by Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
36. Spiral aloe: "Aloe_polyphylla_3.jpg" by Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
37. Sensitive plant: "Mimosa_pudica_in_September_month.jpg" by Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
38. Quaking aspen: "2013-10-06_15_04_21_Aspens_during_autumn_along_the_Changing_Canyon_Nature_Trail_in_Lamoille_Canyon,_Nevada.jpg" by Famartin, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
39. Sacred lotus: "Sacred_lotus_Nelumbo_nucifera.jpg" by T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
40. Cardón cactus: "Pachycereus_pringlei_(5782057703).jpg" by Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
41. Quiver tree: "QuiverTree-Namibia-2015.JPG" by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
42. Hart’s cycad: "Encephalartos_Altensteinii_in_Lednice_Greenhouse.jpg" by Mildasb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
43. Handkerchief tree: "Davidia_involucrata_flowering_branch.jpg" by Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
44. Amborella: "Amborella trichopoda.jpg" by Scott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
45. Queen of the night cactus: "Selenicereus grandiflorus flower in cultivation 03.png" by Freddej, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
46. Albany pitcher plant: "Cephalotus_follicularis_0001.JPG" by H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
47. Kokia: "Kokia_cookei_(4743890657).jpg" by David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
48. Snow plant: "Sarcodes_sanguinea_Tahoe_NF.jpg" by Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
49. Fanged pitcher plant: "Nepenthesbicalcarata1.jpg" by Hans Breuer, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
50. Giant rhubarb: "Giant_rhubarb,_Urubici_-_State_of_Santa_Catarina,_88650-000,_Brazil_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_62240680.jpg" by author per Commons file page (iNaturalist import), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons