Flower Blog by May Flower » unusual flowers

One of the world’s largest and rarest flowering structures, the corpse flower is a pungent plant that blooms rarely and only for a short time. While it is in bloom, the flower emits a strong odor similar to rotting meat or, aptly, a decaying corpse. The corpse flower is endemic to western Sumatra where it grows in rainforests on limestone hills. For those who...

The cockscomb flower is an annual addition to the flower bed, commonly named for the red variety similarly colored to the cock’s comb on a rooster’s head. Cockscomb, Celosia cristata, traditionally grown in the red variety, also blooms in yellow, pink, orange and white. The cockscomb plant is versatile in height, sometimes remaining as short as a few inches while others grow to a...