7 Weird and Wonderful Plants Discovered in 2020 Jan 10, 2021 It seems appropriate that the world’s ugliest orchid made its debut in 2020. Photography Rick Burian
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For many, 2020 was a terrible year. But if you ask a botanist, they would probably tell you it wasn’t all that bad.
In the domain of plant sciences, 2020 was rife with new discoveries. Scientists named more than 150 new plant and fungi species last year from a flower described as the ugliest orchid in the world to a plant resembling a pile of uncooked French fries.
In case you missed them, we’ve compiled a short list of some of the wackiest-looking plants discovered in 2020.
Botanists discovered a new plant species in Hawaii called Cyanea heluensis
However, it is the only one of its kind found in the area to date
The large plant has massive green leaves and in the center are white flowers
The flowers are long and curved that some say look like uncooked French fries
A new growth of the plant is being grown in a Hawaii nursery