Horror Plants

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    Please guys help me out with this thread
    and the amazing horror tropical plants.

    Aristolochia platensis

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    Aristolochia ridicula

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    aristolachia gorgona

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    Chiranthodendron pentadactylo - Devil's Hand

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    Proboscidea louisianica

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    vodoo lily

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      pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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      I've grown proboscidea a long time ago, its quite easy, with sticky leaves.
      And of course the voodoo lilly, the others I am yet to try.:biggrin:
       
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      bleeding tooth fungus

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      Mysterious Cthulhu plant

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      glowing mushrooms

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      Hydrona Africana

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        doll eyes plant

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        dancing plant

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        what`s scary about that ???? the plant start to move with music .


        amorphophallus dracontioides

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        Aristolochia tricaudata

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        Rafflesia arnoldii
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        Abrus precatorius
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          Fantastic Sal....thanks for sharing:dbgrtmb:
           
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          Scary :yikes: but very cool!!
           
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            Some incredible plants there Sal :blue thumb: especially the first one Aristolochia platensis , that looks like a skull.
             
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            Things can be quite intimidating viewed close up. This orchid for example................
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            View the original here

            Still love my old Tacca though.......................
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              I think the one posted as "Dancing plant" is what I used to call Desmodium gyrans, I think they have recently changed the name?
              It starts to move at temperatures above around 75F, the small leaflets move in a circular motion, I've not heard that music has an effect.
               
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                  Yep, its nothing to do with the scratchy noise, its temperature.
                   
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                    nice trick


                    one more

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                    The crooked forest in Poland
                    no one know why the tree have grown like that

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                      I remember reading they used to bend young oaks into strange shapes for the building of ships back in the old days.
                      Not saying that was the reason, but.....
                      Your Polish forest Sal, looks man made to me.
                       
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