It's estimated that the world's entire population, 1,000 years ago, was 300,000,000 - about the same number as the United States in 2006. In 1804, eight hundred years after reaching the 300 million mark, the world's population arrived at one billion people for the first time - it then took another century, in 1927, to hit 2 billion. The twentieth century, however, saw the world's population numbers skyrocket; 3 billion in 1959, 4 billion in 1974; 5 billion in 1987, 6 billion in 1998, and then 7 billion by the end of 2011. It was estimated there were 8 Billion(!) of us by the end of 2022. The United Nations estimates the world's population will reach approximately 10 billion by 2100. At this time the world averages around 200,000 births each and every day - the equivalent of one-and-a-half cities the size of Los Angeles being added to the planet every single month! As of this writing China, India, and the United States remain the most populated countries on the planet with India expected to pass up China in 2025...
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In the world of floristry beauty is an everyday thing, but as with most things in life, beauty is often in the eye of the beholder.
Flowers Across Melbourne scoured the globe to find the weirdest flowers in the world so take a seat, grab a drink and get ready to check out 40 flowers that are stranger than fiction.
Posted on February 4, 2015
Flowers That Look Like Something Else
The flower, as a reproductive organ, evolved with one primary purpose in mind – to attract pollinators like insects or birds. This function has driven their astounding evolutionary explosion of distinct colors and shapes, some of which have even come to resemble various recognizable figures, plants or animals. Their stunning colors and biodiversity have attracted another type of creature as well – us.
The Lobster Claw, also known as the False Bird of Paradise and Wild Plantain, is a bold color flower that emerges from clumps of leaves that look like bananas. The captivating reddish flower-like bracts actually hide the plant’s true flowers, which require birds with specialized beaks for pollination. The Lobster Claw can grow up to three and a half feet tall and they bloom several times each year.
