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These flowers look like something else altogether

Rebelander Basilan
Jun 06, 2018
09:00 P.M.

Nature never fails to fascinate us with its incredible designs.

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There are flowers that look like something else - an animal or even a human skull. Goodfullness has a list of these amazing blossoms.

Birds seem to be the most common species that these flowers are modeled after - or the other way around.

One such flower is Habenaria radiata, which is commonly known as the white egret flower. This variety of flower, indeed, takes on the appearance of an egret.

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

A flower called Impatiens Psittacina looks like a parrot at first glance. The flower is also known as parrot flower.

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Peristeria Elata is another flower that looks similar to a bird - this time, a cute, speckled dove.

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

An orchid called Caleana Major looks like a purple flying duck orchid.

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

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There are also flowers that are shaped like humans. One such flower is an orchid that looks like a ballet dancer.

Another kind of flower, the Orchis Italica, looks like a dancing naked man. It is aptly called, "Naked Man Orchid."

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

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The Psychotria Elata has a cunning resemblance to a seductive woman's pout.

The Antirrhinum looks creepy with its skull-like flowers.

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Other orchids look like other animals. The Dracula Simia resembles a monkey, not the famous vampire that it was named after.

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

The Calceolaria Uniflora seems to imitate an alien straight from outer space.

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

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The Habenaria Grandifloriformis are white flowers that resemble angels. Another orchid looks like a phoenix.

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Source: Wikimedia Commons

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