The philippines are known for their beautiful and unique plants.
The philippines, is a tropical country located in southeast Asia, it is Blessed with beautifully diverse,colorful and unique flowering plants.
Here are some of plants that you'll find only in the philippines
Paphiopendilum Fowliei*
This beautiful and uniquely shaped flower is call paphiopedilum fowliei, a species of plant in the orchidaceae family. It is native to island of Palawan, Philippines. This species which is threatened by loss of habitat inhabitat tropical and subtropical forest.!
Sacred Garlic Pear(Crateva Religiosa)
The flowering tree crateva religiosa is a flowering tree commonly called the Sacred Garlic Pear. Sometimes it is also called the spider tree because the showy flower bear long, spidy stamens. Aside from the Philippines, it is also endemic to other southeast Asian countries, it is also commonly called Temple Plant, other names in a variety of dialects include, Abiyuch, Barna, Bidasi, and Varuna.
Sea Poison Tree(Barringtonia Asiatica)
The unique-looking but beautiful Sea Poison Tree is a species of endemic to mangrove habitats on the tropical coast and islands of the Indian ocean and Pacific ocean, like philippines. It is also known as fish poison tree or Box fruit due the distinct boxed like shaped fruit it produces.
Rafflesia Schadenbergiana
This species of Rafflesia is known to the Bagobo tribe as Bo-o. To Higaonon tribe of Bukidnon, it is Kolon Busaw. This parasitic plant has the largest flower among the rafflesia species found in the philippines, with a diameter of up to 80cm. Among all other rafflesia species, it has the second largest flower.Its first specimen was collected in 1882 and it was not seen for over a century and was thought to be extinct. It was rediscovered in 1994 on Mount Matutum, south Cotabato.Philippines in 2007, a population of this rare rafflesia species was discovered in Baungon,Bukidnon.Philippines.
Peltate Nephentes(Nepenthes Peltata)
This strange-looking plant is scientifically called Nepenthes Peltata, a tropical pitcher plant can found only from the upper slopes of Mount Hamiguitan,Mindanao in southern Philippines. The plant is characterized by a peltate tendril attachment and conspicuous indumentum.
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