5.Chocolate Cosmos
With a name like Chocolate Cosmos, you would expect these flowers to be very much similar to chocolate in some way. These flowers are a very peculiar species of Cosmos native to Mexico, a species that unfortunately, has gone extinct. Nowadays, these flowers survive simply as non-fertile clones brought to life through vegetative propagation in 1902. This being said, these flowers have a lovely vanillin fragrance and a quite spectacular ornamental bloom, a bloom that unfortunately cannot be seen in the wild.
4.Koki’o
This extremely rare tree was native to the Hawaii region before going extinct in the late 1950s. Although a sole survivor was found at some point in the 1970s, it too perished in a fire that occurred in 1978. Therefore, not a single Koki’o flower can be found in its original form in the wild. We should point out, however, that a branch did survive the 1978 fire, a branch that has since been grafted into 23 individual trees that can be found today in various places across Hawaii.
3.Yellow and Purple Lady Slippers
Also known by their scientific name Cypripedium calceolus, these rare flowers can be found across Europe, growing in various climates. Interestingly enough, this flower is so rare that Britain’s only specimen can be found on a golf course and it is currently being protected by the police. One of the reasons for what appears to be excessive protection is the fact that a single cut of this magnificent flower can be sold for $5,000 or more on the black market.
2.Ghost Orchid
The Ghost Orchid is an extremely rare plant that was presumed extinct for almost 20 years until a few more have been recently found in the wild. The main reason why this particular flower is so rare is that it is almost impossible to propagate. We say this because it has no leaves, it does not rely on photosynthesis, and it does not manufacture its own nutrients. The only way for it to multiply is for a specific fungus to grow adjacent to it, a fungus that makes contact with its root system, thus feeding it.
1.Middlemist Red
Native to the eastern regions of China, the Middlemist Red is basically extinct in the wild by now. The only two surviving specimens of the flower can be found in a garden in New Zealand and in a greenhouse in Britain. Originally brought to the UK in 1804, this flower has since gone extinct and despite active efforts to rebuild
its numbers, the fact that it requires very specific climatic conditions to bloom makes it almost impossible to grow even in a controlled environment.