most beautiful flowers on earth

Most Beautiful Flowers on Earth

1. poppy
A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colorful flowers. One species of poppy, Papaver somniferum, produces edible seeds, and is also the source of the crude drug opium which contains powerful medicinal alkaloids such as morphine and has been used since ancient times as an analgesic and narcotic medicinal and recreational drugs. Following the trench warfare which took place in the poppy fields of Flanders, during the 1st World War, poppies have become a symbol of remembrance of soldiers who have died during wartime.
2. Bleeding heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Lamprocapnos, but is still widely referenced under its old name Dicentra spectabilis . It is valued in gardens and in floristry for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers, borne in spring
3. Phalaenopsis Flowers
Phalaenopsis known as the Moth Orchid, abbreviated Phal in the horticultural trade,is an orchid genus of approximately 60 species. Phalaenopsis is one of the most popular orchids in the trade, through the development of many artificial hybrids. It is native to southern China, the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia (Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea, the Bismark Archipelago, and Queensland
4. Rhodanthe chlorocephala subsp
Rhodanthe, also known as Pink Paper Daisy is a genus of Australian plants in the pussys-toes tribe within the daisy family. R. chlorocephala subsp. rosea The name Rhodanthe is derived from Greek rhodon, rose and anthos, flower. Many Rhodanthe species were formerly classed under different genera, including Helipterum, Podotheca, Acroclinium and Waitzia.
5. Red lotus Flower
Nymphaea nouchali, often known by its synonym Nymphaea stellata, or by common names blue lotus,star lotus,red and blue water lily, blue star water lily is a water lily of genus Nymphaea. It is native to southern and eastern parts of Asia, and is the national flower of Sri Lanka and of Bangladesh. This water lily has a beautiful flower which is usually violet blue in color with reddish edges. Some varieties have white, purple, mauve or fuchsia-colored flowers, hence its name red and blue water lily. The flower has 4-5 sepals and 13-15 petals that have an angular appearance making the flower look star-shaped from above.
6. Dahlia Collection
The bold colors of this Dinnerplate Dahlia Collection will allow you to have the best of the purple, pinks, oranges, and whites! These beautiful blooms reach up to 10 across and wont stop blooming until the first frost, making quite the splash in your late summer garden. Great when used as accents or in mass, dont miss this special collection of dahlias this year in your garden!
7. Tiger Lily
The Tiger Lily, bears large, fiery orange flowers covered by spots. The name tiger probably refers to the spots on the petals. The flowers of this perennial can grow up to three inches in width. The Tiger Lily is also known as the Ditch Lily as it is found in and around ditches in large parts of America.
8. Tulip
The tulip is a Eurasian and North African genus of perennial, bulbous plants in the lily family. It is an herbaceous herb with showy flowers, of which around 75 wild species are currently accepted. The genuss native range extends west to the Iberian Peninsula, through North Africa to Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, throughout the Levant (Syria, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Lebanon, Jordan) and Iran, north to Ukraine, southern Siberia and Mongolia, and east to the Northwest of China.The tulips centre of diversity is in the Pamir, Hindu Kush, and Tien Shan mountains. It is a common element of steppe and winter rain Mediterranean vegetation.
9. Tulip Era in the Ottoman Empire
Turkeys national flower, the tulip, holds such importance that there is even a period known as the Tulip Era in Turkish history. During this era, people were fascinated by this flower, and everyone was interested in tulip gardens, tulip auctions and poems about tulips.
10. Tiger Dot
Tiger flower, also called Aztec city, or shell flower, any of about 12 species of the genus Tigridia, plants native from Mexico to Chile and once prized by the Aztecs for the chestnut flavour of bulblike structures (corms). They belong to the iris family (Iridaceae). The flowers, in a range of colours including orange-red, have three lower floral parts alternating with three much smaller petals, all with a spotted cup at the centre. They are held by 60-centimetre (2-foot) stems among sparse, swordlike leaves.