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Lilium mackliniae, the Shirui lily or Shirui Kashong Timrawon, [1] is a rare Indian species of plant found only in the upper reaches of the Shirui hill ranges in the Ukhrul district of Manipur, India, at an elevation of 1,730–2,590 metres (5,680–8,500 ft) above sea level. It is located near the boundary of Myanmar to the east, Shirui ...
World of Warships is a naval warfare-themed free-to-play multiplayer online game developed and published by Wargaming. [1] Players control warships of choice and can battle other random players on the server , play cooperative battles against bots , or participate in an advanced player versus environment (PvE) battle mode.
The prettiest flowers in the world include rare camellias, expensive roses, common daffodils, elusive orchids, fragrant lilacs, and an exquisite sacred lotus.
Rafflesia (/ r ə ˈ f l iː z (i) ə,-ˈ f l iː ʒ (i) ə, r æ-/), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.
The flowers are borne in a raceme on a long, stiff stalk which also bears a few bracts without flowers in their junctions with the stalk. Each flower is less than 17 mm (0.7 in) long, with white to green, pink or brown tepals , forming a two-lipped (bilabiate) structure with a hexagonal or rounded hexagonal base.
It is one of the rarest species of sunflower in the United States. It is common along utility and highway rights-of-way in North Carolina and South Carolina. There are only about 90 known populations, many containing less than 40 plants each. [2] The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed Schweinitz's sunflower as an endangered species on May 7 ...
Once it opens, the giant bloom lasts just 24 to 36 hours.
The dense semi-double flowers reach an average diameter of 8 centimetres (3.1 in), with up to 35 petals, and appear in loose clusters of 3 to 15 in flushes throughout the season. They have a mild to strong, sweet musk fragrance and an elegant bloom form, with outer petals that bend decoratively outwards. [ 2 ]