Nature is anything but ordinary. Just when you think you’ve seen all the stunning flowers, towering trees, and breathtaking ...

Parasites that burst forth from a vine. Others seem woven out of fantasy: translucent white ghosts, blooms born of fire.

What it did bear was fruit. Each bud contained a tiny seed. There remain a host of strange flowers, among the 400,000 known species in the world. Some are straight out of a horror movie ...