PIYUSH RANJAN MISHRA - NOVEMBER 22 2024
It is also known as Dutchman's pipe cactus. It's a night-blooming flower that wilts before dawn.
It was created by a rose cultivator, David Austin, and is a unique and expensive variety that has been sold for $ 15.8 million.
This flower is being developed after 8 years of research and only blooms once in 5 years. In an auction in 2005, it was sold for $ 200,000.
Popularly known as Rothschild’s slipper orchid, it is a rare and expensive variety that can be found in Kinabalu National Park of Malaysia.
The stigmas of this flower are used in cooking. It's an expensive flower because extracting 1 pound of saffron takes 75,000 flowers.