Nature is a beautiful thing, but it also has that weird scary side that we don’t like to be reminded of. We’d rather walk through a nice green forest than notice the big spiders crawling all over the trees. But even when it comes to the less obvious parts of nature, like plants, there can be some freakishly weird things going on.
Let’s take a look at some of Mother Nature’s flora creations that turned out being a bit … odd.
Flying Duck Orchid
As the name aptly reveals, this is an orchid where the plant looks like a flying duck. This plant is mostly found in Australia, which means there’s probably seventeen footlong spiders in the immediate vicinity and I already feel bad for all the male sawflies the plant is trying to attract. It looks nice though, kind of like someone put an origami duck on a small plant.
Red Butterfly Wing
In terms of weirdness, this plant just has leaves that look like a butterfly in flight. To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have seen that if nobody mentioned it first. It’s a southeastern Asian plant and is often used as a medicinal herb in certain communities.
Octopus Stinkhorn
Another name that this plant is known by is the devil’s fingers. That may sound a bit ominous, but the plant also looks ominous so it fits. It was originally only found in Australia but humans doing what humans do best brought it all over the world. This plant is also the perfect botanical Russian roulette item as it’s edible in some stages of its growth and poisonous in others.
