Interesting facts about flowers

Hey there! It’s getting warmer everyday and the flowers start blooming. Today we prepared some interesting facts about flowers for you. Have you known them already? Tell us in the comments!

 

1. The world's largest water lily Victoria amazonica reaches 2 meters in diameter and is able to withstand the weight of an adult man.

 

2. The oldest rose on the planet has adorned the German town of Hildesheim for 1000 years. Despite its age, the rose still blooms every year.

"Amelinda the Plentiful" by Alehandra_Vanhek. 
 

3. Chrysanthemums are the imperial flowers of Japan. The Japanese love unscented flowers. In the country, it is customary to admire the beauty of a flower, and not inhale its aroma.

 

4. Modern Holland is the country of tulips, but these flowers were brought there from Turkey in the sixteenth century. Their bulbs would cost more than precious stones and metals.

"Priscilla's got flowers" by Misticheskaya. 

 

5. The tulip is one of the fastest growing flowers in the world. In a day, it can grow by 2 cm.

 

6. The rose was declared the National flower of the United States by President Ronald Raegan in 1986.

"Kitty with Flowers" by Laguna.
 

7. The smallest flower in the world, listed in the Guinness Book of Records, is called Wolffia arrhiza and its diameter is only 1 mm. The largest flower on earth is the tropical plant Rafflesia. It reaches 91 cm in diameter and weighs about 11 kilograms.

 

8. Currently, there are about 25 species of chamomile in the world, which grow on all continents except Antarctica.

"Basket of Magic Flowers" by Nocturne.
 

9. Rhizanthella gardneri, also known as western underground orchid, spends all of its life below the soil. This plant is pollinated by termites underground.

 

10. The humanity has bred about 50,000 kinds of rose and its hybrids. It is the most popular flower for bouquets. 

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