Amazing new plants discovered recently
Frances Carruthers
20 June 2024
Horticultural delights
Johan Hermans © RBG Kew
The tiny survivor (Amalophyllon miraculum)
John L. Clark
An underground palm (Pinanga subterranea)
William J Baker © RBG Kew
New genus (Relictithismia kimotsukiensis)
Kenji Suetsugu/Kobe University
An unintentional discovery (Dendrobium lancilabium)
Yanuar Ishaq Dwi Cahyo
Will catch, won't eat? (Crepidorhopalon droseroides)
Bart Wursten
The luckiest orchid (Aeranthes bigibbum)
Johan Hermans © RBG Kew
The world's largest water lily (Victoria boliviana)
Leon Neal/Getty Images
Leonardo DiCaprio tree (Uvariopsis dicaprio)
Lorna MacKinnon
Rare Cape primrose (Streptocarpus malachiticola)
Julie Lebrun
Bolivian periwinkle (Philibertia woodii)
Fernando Zuloaga
Killer tobacco plant (Nicotiana insecticida)
Maarten Christenhusz
Tree-dwelling orchid (Aerangis bovicornu)
Johan Hermans
Yet another extinct orchid (Bulbophyllum cochinealloides)
Johan Hermans
Frying pan shrub (Tiganophyton karasense)
Wessel Swanepoel
Two new succulents (Aloe vatovavensis and Aloe rakotonasoloi)
RBG Kew
Heathrow airport fungus (Cortinarius heatherae)
Andy Overall
Stunning morning glory (Ipomoea noemana)
Enoc Jara
Brazilian bromeliad (Acanthostachys calcicola)
Gabriel Mendes Marcusso
Medically important new plant (Marsdenia chirindensis)
Bart Wursten
World’s ugliest orchid (Gastrodia agnicellus)
Rick Burian
Hibiscus found on the internet (Hibiscus hareyae)
Ian Darbyshire
Banana seed fungus (Fusarium chuoi)
Marcelo Sandoval-Denis
Ghost orchid (Didymoplexis stella-silvae)
Johan Hermans
Beautiful Barleria flower (B. thunbergiiflora)
David Goyder
Exploding firework flower (Ardisia pyrotechnica)
Credit Shuichiro Tagane
Fungus with teeth (Hydnellum nemorosum)
Martyn Ainsworth
Voodoo lily (Pseudohydrosme ebo)
Xander van der Burgt
Bornean blue-berried bush (Chassalia northiana)
YW Low
Guiana Highlands orchid (Epidendrum katarun-yariku)
Mateusz Wrazidlo/CC BY-SA 4.0/Wikimedia Commons
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