The largest waterlily in the world and other new plants discovered recently
Horticultural delights
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Heathrow airport fungus (Cortinarius heatherae)
Andy Overall
Frying pan shrub (Tiganophyton karasense)
Wessel Swanepoel
Brazilian bromeliad (Acanthostachys calcicola)
Gabriel Mendes Marcusso
World’s ugliest orchid (Gastrodia agnicellus)
Rick Burian
Two new succulents (Aloe vatovavensis and Aloe rakotonasoloi)
RBG Kew
Medically important new plant (Marsdenia chirindensis)
Bart Wursten
Hibiscus found on the internet (Hibiscus hareyae)
Ian Darbyshire
Stunning morning glory (Ipomoea noemana)
Enoc Jara
Killer tobacco plant (Nicotiana insecticida)
Maarten Christenhusz
Banana seed fungus (Fusarium chuoi)
Marcelo Sandoval-Denis
Ghost orchid (Didymoplexis stella-silvae)
Johan Hermans
Tree-dwelling orchid (Aerangis bovicornu)
Johan Hermans
Yet another extinct orchid (Bulbophyllum cochinealloides)
Johan Hermans
Beautiful Barleria flower (B. thunbergiiflora)
David Goyder
Rare Cape primrose (Streptocarpus malachiticola)
Julie Lebrun
Exploding firework flower (Ardisia pyrotechnica)
Credit Shuichiro Tagane
Fungus with teeth (Hydnellum nemorosum)
Martyn Ainsworth
Bolivian periwinkle (Philibertia woodii)
Fernando Zuloaga
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
Leonardo DiCaprio tree (Uvariopsis dicaprio)
Lorna MacKinnon
The world's largest waterlily (Victoria boliviana)
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