The World’s Weirdest Flowers

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.