It turns out, there DOES exist a flower I don't care much about.
Don't get me wrong, I AM a plant lover, a tree lover, a flower lover. But this particular one... if it can even be called a flower... I can't bring myself to even like it.
Called the Brazilian Dutchman's pipe or giant pelican flower, scientific name Aristolochia gigantea, it's apparently an ornamental plant native to Brazil.
Ornament, really? Would you grow this in your garden? 😕
I saw the vine with these huge flowers dangling from them when I visited a nursery recently. I dared to touch one of the closed ones and it felt like a deflated balloon (or a lung? It certainly looks like one.)! 😖 Ugh! Not something I want to try again.
To add to the whole charm, it's also a carnivorous plant that eats insects, kills caterpillars, and it smells of sewage water.
The heart-shaped leaves are the redeeming feature of the vine, I thought. I also learned that these flowers bloom only for about 2 days before they wilt. Small mercies!
Was Mother Nature drunk when she created this one? 😅
Informative , it looks grosse! But definitely never heard of this one.
ReplyDeleteIt does, right? :-|
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