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The Botanical world has beauty to offer in many ways, and flowers are its most lovely gifts. However, you will be surprised to explore this collection of blooms whose shape and unique properties make them the most scary and cringeworthy flowers on the face of the earth!
Botanical Name: Orchis italica
This alien-looking flower is also called the Hanging Man Orchid because it resembles a scary hanging creature. Naked Man Orchids are native to the Mediterranean regions, and their dotted eyes and smiles make you feel like someone is weirdly looking at you. Despite its scary vibes, it is used in making the drink Salep, also called Turkish Delight.
Botanical Name: Impatiens bequaertii
You might have used that ghost emoji on social media. Dancing Girl is a flower that looks somewhat like that, or you can also explain it as some ghost wrapped in a white cloak. The plant itself is quite petite, which trails and climbs, so they make lovely additions to hanging planters.
Botanical Name: Hydnora africana
If I say this is a monster-looking plant, it won’t be an exaggeration! Only the flower grows on the ground, and the rest of the parasitic plant grows underground, feasting on the host plant. This makes it truly one of the most bizarre plants on earth. It has no visible leaves, roots, or chlorophyll. The flower part of this plant takes nearly one year to emerge from the ground.
Botanical Name: Amorphophallus titanum
The Corpse Lily is technically a compound flower that only grows in Indonesia, specifically Sumatra. It is extremely rare and large, too, with some growing up to 12 feet tall. Its mammoth form and rotting body odor make it cringeworthy on the list.
Botanical Name: Ophrys insectifera
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