Creature 231: Impatiens bequaertii

Flower that looks like a dancing girl

Today's bizarre creature is another flower that looks like something else, only this time it is not an orchid.

Impatiens bequaertii doesn't have a common name. It looks like a dancing girl. The various lobes of the flowers are often arranged differently giving it the appearance of different dancing poses.

Distribution:
Impatiens bequaertii  is native to East African rain forest. It is rarely cultivated as an ornamental plant in various parts of the world.

Classification:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Angiosperms
Class: Dicotyledon
Order: Ericales
Family: Balsaminaceae
Genus: Impatiens

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http://www.strangewonderfulthings.com/260.htm
http://filing.pl/17-kwiatow-ktore-wcale-nie-wygladaja-jak-rosliny/