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I found this very unusual flower in a deserted corner of Singapore’s amazing Botanic Gardens. I have never seen anything quite like it. It was unlabelled and not part of any display. Google Lens identifies it as a Bat Flower, a species of tropical flowering yam. I did not have a macro lens so photos not as clear as I would have loved. The second picture is the bud, yet to flower. I thought you might be interested to look at this curious flower.

WIKIPEDIA:
Tacca chantrieri is a species of flowering plant in the yam family Dioscoreaceae. It was first described in 1901 by Édouard André.!' т. chantrieri is native to southeastern Asia. It is commonly known as the black bat flower due to its shape and coloring!?! The bat flower has unique pollination method in that it is mostly autonomous self pollinating. 131 T. chantrieri prefers environments similar to its native region with tropical, moist conditions. 12] The bat flower has been commonly used in Chinese medicine. It uses are wide in range from common aliments to more complex conditions such as cancer.

I hope you enjoy this curiosity. Have a fabulous day!
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22 comments

Marije Aguillo said:

Tomas maravillosas de estas bellísimas flores.
12 months ago ( translate )

Roger (Grisly) said:

A plant with whiskers D, Excellent capture and a fascinating plant!
12 months ago

Malik Raoulda said:

D'une beauté fascinante et exceptionnelle cette magnifique prise bien informée et excellemment partagée avec ces beaux détails et cette magnifique mise en valeur.
Bonne et agréable fin de soirée.
12 months ago ( translate )

William Sutherland said:

Exceptional shots!

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12 months ago ( translate )

©UdoSm said:

What a special flower.I've never seen them before.
12 months ago

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Wonderful floral image.
12 months ago ( translate )

Amelia said:

What an amazing flower, Diana. Like you I have never seen anything like it. I'm glad you mentioned the self pollination. That was something I was wondering about when I first enlarged this interesting specimen.
12 months ago

Annemarie said:

fantastic!

have a nice day!
12 months ago ( translate )

Günter Klaus said:

Wow,ich bin begeistert liebe Diana,auf den ersten Blick dachte ich an eine Maske,das ist aber eine schöne Blüte,du hast sie toll präsentiert :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Nachmittag,ganz liebe Grüße Güni und eine herzliche Umarmung :))
12 months ago ( translate )

Uwe Sasse said:

Klasse, so etwas habe ich noch nie gesehen, höchst eindrucksvoll!
12 months ago ( translate )

Stephan Fey said:

Extremly wonderful flower, Diana!
12 months ago ( translate )

Eunice Perkins said:

That is a very interesting flower! Thank you for showing it to us. I have certainly never seen or heard of it before. It is fantastic!!
12 months ago

Günter Diel said:

Das sieht ja interessant aus! Sehr schön gezeigt! Gruß Günter
12 months ago ( translate )

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Beautiful series of this exotic species that looks really original.
Thanks for showing and for the information, Diana.
Have a fantastic day as well!
12 months ago

Jocelyne Villoing said:

Fascinante et par son originalité, merci Diana de me l'avoir fait connaitre, j'apprécie beaucoup !+++++++++++++
12 months ago ( translate )