Who will feel anything other than pleasant after looking at flowers? Surprisingly, there are still some Scary Flowers That Are Cringeworthy.
The Botanical world has beauty to offer in many ways, and flowers are its most lovely gifts. However, you will be surprised to explore this collection of blooms whose shape and unique properties make them the most scary and cringeworthy flowers on the face of the earth!
Scary Flowers That Are Cringeworthy
1. Naked Man Orchid
Botanical Name: Orchis italica
This alien-looking flower is also called the Hanging Man Orchid because it resembles a scary hanging creature. Naked Man Orchids are native to the Mediterranean regions, and their dotted eyes and smiles make you feel like someone is weirdly looking at you. Despite its scary vibes, it is used in making the drink Salep, also called Turkish Delight.
2. Dancing Girls
Botanical Name: Impatiens bequaertii
You might have used that ghost emoji on social media. Dancing Girl is a flower that looks somewhat like that, or you can also explain it as some ghost wrapped in a white cloak. The plant itself is quite petite, which trails and climbs, so they make lovely additions to hanging planters.
3. Jackal Food
Botanical Name: Hydnora africana
If I say this is a monster-looking plant, it won’t be an exaggeration! Only the flower grows on the ground, and the rest of the parasitic plant grows underground, feasting on the host plant. This makes it truly one of the most bizarre plants on earth. It has no visible leaves, roots, or chlorophyll. The flower part of this plant takes nearly one year to emerge from the ground.
4. Corpse Lily
Botanical Name: Amorphophallus titanum
The Corpse Lily is technically a compound flower that only grows in Indonesia, specifically Sumatra. It is extremely rare and large, too, with some growing up to 12 feet tall. Its mammoth form and rotting body odor make it cringeworthy on the list.
5. Fly Orchid
Botanical Name: Ophrys insectifera
Orchids have a list of some of the weird and scary flowers. Although their size does not make them that cringe-worthy, the shape is totally scary. The Fly Orchid is a relatively widespread orchid that looks like little flies with black bug eyes. These grow best in the limestone soils often found in woodlands.
6. Protea Pinwheel
Botanical Name: Leucospermum catherinae
This flower looks like a round sea creature with scary tentacles that are bright in color. Protea Pinwheels are perfectly suited to adapt to harsh climates. These bloom after exposure to fire when the adult plants, rodents, and other insects that would impede their growth have been destroyed.
7. Voodoo Lily
Botanical Name: Dracunculus vulgaris
Voodoo is a scary-looking plant, but its dark purple flower gets the most attention. Here is an interesting fact: This flower is not an actual flower but a spathe, just like the one in Calla Lily. It can give off quite a stink, and some have even linked it to the smell of a dead possum.
8. Brazilian Dutchman’s Pipe
Botanical Name: Aristolochia gigantea
Also known as the Giant Pelican Plant, the flower gives off a foul odor and has a smoking pipe-like appearance, which makes it the least appealing. The easy growing vine is classified as dangerous to the Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly, which confuses the Dutchman’s Pipe with its native host plant.
9. Star Flower
Botanical Name: Stapelia grandiflora
It is called the starfish flower due to its starfish-like shape that mimics the smell of dead flesh. The large fuzzy flower gives it a cringeworthy look, but nevertheless, plant collectors consider it the most sought-after flowering succulent.
10. Devils Hand
Botanical Name: Chiranthodendron pentadactylon
Some call this tree the Monkey’s Hand or Monkey Paw, which has a scary hand-like shape that explains its name. This flower looks straight from a horror movie, but the positive side is that it has been used for years in traditional medicine. Unlike some tropical plants, the Devil’s Hand tree is extremely hardy and can grow quickly. It grows best in warm climates (USDA Zones 9-11, and doesn’t tolerate heavy frost.
11. Welwitschia
Botanical Name: Welwitschia mirabilis
When you look at this flower, it looks like it has a fungus around it, which gives it the appearance of a diseased plant. It is a rare plant that only grows in one place on Earth, a small strip of land in the Namibia Desert between Angola and Namibia. It hasn’t changed for thousands of years and continues to survive in one of the driest places in the world.
12. Black Bat
Botanical Name: Tacca chantrieri
It has fang-like stamens and black, bat-shaped flowers, which give this plant an eerie look. It’s part of the yam family and is native to the tropical regions of Southeast Asia. If you want to grow this one at your home garden, plant it in partial shade and provide a humid and warm environment.
