17 Unusual orchids that look like something else

We live in an absolutely amazing world. Its flora and fauna are so diverse that probably a whole life will not be enough to see all their spices.

Among all this wealth, flowers take special place. After all, in order to attract insects and birds for pollination, you need to be very creative. That’s where Nature did its best! Just look at these orchids: they are so unusual that sometimes it is hard to believe they are the flowers!

Monkey Orchid

Photo: By Kilitz Photography (Dracula gigas) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Butterfly Orchid

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Nаkеd Mаn Orchid

Photo: Habib Ullah Afridi/flickr (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)

Hot Lips Orchid

Dancing Girls Orchid

Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid

Swaddled Babies Orchid

Parrot Orchid

Snap Dragon seeds pods

Flying Duck Orchid

Can you spot a tiger?

This calceolaria uniflora looks like a happy alien…

Photo: By Butterfly voyages serge Ouachée (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Flowers of Habenaria Grandifloriformis resemble tiny angels

Holy Spirit Orchid

Ballerina Orchid

Egret Orchid

Dart Vader Orchid

Preview: Habib Ullah Afridi/flickr (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/),
By When on Earth [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons