These flowers can be called the world's greatest, each one a Guinness World Record holder among flowers
The longest-lived flower in the world: Welwitschia
The longest-lived flower in the world is none other than Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis), with an average lifespan of 400-500 years, and the longest-lived Welwitschia ever discovered in the world has already reached 2000 years old!
Over 2000 years old, from the Han Dynasty all the way to now, no wonder some people call it the thousand-year orchid!
The largest flower in the world: Rafflesia
After Rafflesia blooms, its diameter can reach over one meter, so wide that Huahua would have to stretch out both arms to wrap around it!
However, Rafflesia always gives off an extremely foul smell, like the stench of a rotting corpse, so Huahua would never go hug it!
The smallest flower in the world: Wolffia
Wolffia itself is the smallest plant in the world, and its flower is even smaller, only 0.1-0.2 mm, completely invisible to the naked eye!
Huahua tried her best, strained her eyes until they nearly went blind, and still couldn't see its flower
The smelliest flower in the world: Titan Arum
The Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) gives off a smell of rotting corpse mixed with feces, and just imagining it is too much for Huahua!
Besides being smelly, the Titan Arum also grows ridiculously fast, growing 1.8-2 m in a single day!
The most fragrant flower in the world: Orange Jessamine
"Fragrance drifting nine li" may be an exaggeration, but the name Orange Jessamine (Murraya paniculata) is enough to prove just how rich its floral scent is!
In ancient times, Orange Jessamine was actually called "soul-returning incense." When it blooms, not only are the flowers a delight to the eye, but the fragrance is also refreshing to the heart!
The flower with the most petals in the world: Thousand-petal Lotus
After the Thousand-petal Lotus opens, it has roughly 1000-1500 petals, layered over and over, and Huahua's eyes went blurry just trying to count them!
Having seen so many single-petal lotuses, a lotus with such an abundance of petals has a special charm of its own!
The sexiest flower in the world: Hooker's Lips
Just look at this bright vivid red, so tender and alluring, it makes you want to steal a kiss!
I wonder what lipstick shade you're wearing, won't you recommend one to Huahua!
The flower that changes color the most times in a single day in the world: Cotton Rose
Cotton Rose (Hibiscus mutabilis) is a flower native to China, and it can change three colors in a single day, so growing one pot is like growing three!
In the morning the Cotton Rose is pure white, and by noon it gradually turns pale pink.
By the time you go look in the afternoon, it has quietly turned deep pink!
The flower with the most colors in the world: Chinese Rose
The Chinese Rose (Rosa chinensis) is the flower that gardening fans grow most often and love most, blooming abundantly with beautiful flower shapes, and on top of that it is also the flower with the most colors in the world!
Red, orange, yellow, green, white, blue, purple... it's almost gathered a whole rainbow! I wonder what colors you have at home?
The most cold-resistant flower in the world: Snow Lotus
The Snow Lotus (Saussurea involucrata) is the most cold-resistant flower in the world, growing in the frigid high-altitude zones of 2400-4000 m, surviving even at dozens of degrees below zero!
It's just that this Snow Lotus looks way too much like a big cabbage!
The most heat-resistant flower in the world: African Wild Cactus
Being able to survive in the hot, arid deserts of Africa shows just how strong the African Wild Cactus's heat resistance is!
In such a harsh environment, if it were Huahua, she would long ago be so hot her mouth went dry!
The flower with the longest blooming period in the world: Crown of Thorns
The Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii) has the longest blooming period in the world, blooming all 365 days of the year, making it truly the "little model worker" of the flower world!
Gardeners who love brightly colored flowers with long blooming periods, hurry up and buy a pot to take home!
The flower with the shortest blooming time in the world: Wheat Flower
The Wheat Flower blooms for about 5-30 minutes, so very few people ever get to see its flower.
If you don't look up close, Wheat Flowers look like little white worms, and Huahua's trypophobia is about to kick in!
The flower with the longest single-bloom duration in the world: Paphiopedilum
A single Paphiopedilum flower can stay open for over two months at most, and under normal conditions it can also last 1-2 months, its long-lasting staying power making it truly the "Nokia" of the flower world!
Paphiopedilum is also called Slipper Orchid, and you can tell just by looking at it, it's like the slippers we usually wear at home
The most "punctual" flower in the world: Passionflower
Viewed from the front, the Passionflower looks like a big clock face, with the stamens in the center like the hour, minute and second hands, and such a beautiful clock, Huahua would love to hang one at home too!
The Passionflower, with its uniquely shaped flower, is the passion fruit we often eat, so gardening fans can plant one at home themselves!
The flower best at turning invisible in the world: Diphylleia
On ordinary days, Diphylleia (Diphylleia grayi) is a plain little white flower with nothing special about it, but once it's rained on or touches water, its petals turn transparent, as if it has put on an invisibility cloak!
Such a magical invisibility cloak, Huahua wants one too!
The most sensitive flower in the world: Sundew
The Sundew (Drosera) is so sensitive it can sense the weight of a single strand of hair, and the instant a hair touches its leaf it immediately curls up and traps the strand!
The Sundew is also a carnivorous plant, and with such high sensitivity, small insects shouldn't expect to escape alive!
The flower best at killing insects in the world: Dalmatian Chrysanthemum
Dalmatian Chrysanthemum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium) contains a compound called "pyrethrin," and after mosquitoes and insects come into contact with it, their nervous systems become paralyzed and they then die of poisoning. This compound can also paralyze centipedes, fish, snakes and other animals!
After blooming, the Dalmatian Chrysanthemum is also very fresh and elegant, and Huahua is going to grow a pot right away!
The most blush-inducing flower in the world: Naked Man Orchid
Just the name Naked Man Orchid makes one blush! Going out without clothes on, so hard on the eyes!
Even if you put on such an innocent expression, you still can't hide your naughtiness!
These world's greatest among flowers,
how many do you know about?
Huahua's disclaimer: The above are all generally accepted statements, and individual specific reference standards may differ, for reference only!