Flowers are one of the most charming gifts of nature. And enterprising people have long figured out how to turn it to their advantage. Entire fortunes have been created and lost on flowers, just remember the Dutch "Tulip fever" of the 17th century - the first financial pyramid in history.
Its most expensive "brick" was a bulb of the rare Semper Augustus ("Eternal August") variety, which at the peak of the tulip boom cost up to 4,600 florins. For comparison: a pig could be bought for 30 florins, and a cow for 100 florins.
Do you think that the times of such "flower madness" have passed and now it is impossible to get rich by selling just one flower? Well, our rating of the most expensive flowers in the world has representatives.
10. Gloriosa luxuriosa
One flower will cost 10 dollars.
The distribution area of Gloriosa is the "three A": Asia, Africa and Australia. This flower attracts attention with its bright color and special shape, reminiscent of tongues of flame.
It represents ambition and success, making it a great gift for someone entering college or just starting a new job.
9. Lily of the valley
The price can reach up to $50 depending on the type of plant.
According to legend, this flower appeared when the tears of the Virgin Mary, crying for Jesus, touched the ground. Lily of the valley looks harmless, their delicate tiny flowers and sweet smell can deceive anyone. It is one of the most popular flowers for wedding decoration.
In fact, it is a very poisonous flower, and it even appeared in an episode of Breaking Bad. The poison is used to protect the plant from predators.
8. Gardenia
Costs from $20 to $60 depending on size
A hothouse flower from Italy with a deep and sexy floral scent, this is the perfect perennial to add to any garden or jacket lapel.
7. Black Orchid Fredclarkeara After Dark “SVO Black Pearl”
Can be purchased for $67 or more
One of the most beautiful and unusual orchids in the world has a honey-spicy aroma. It is a complex interspecific hybrid of clowesia, catasetum and mormodes. The flowers of the black orchid are tulip-shaped and are collected in a brush on a long peduncle. They are distinguished by a bright dark color with a reddish tint.
6. Medinilla
One plant can be purchased for $50-150
Medinilla flowers immediately attract attention with their delicate pink color. But growing this capricious beauty is not so easy.
And it's not just the high price of the plant itself, but the fact that it is difficult to propagate and is very demanding in terms of lighting and humidity. So the best way to admire medinilla is to look for it in large botanical gardens or greenhouses.
5. Jade flower (aka Strongylodon macrocarpon)
Costs from $10 for seeds to $800 for a vine
This exotic plant is a typical representative of the legume family. However, the nondescript peas and beans are only distant relatives of the handsome strongylodon. Such vines grow on loose and moist soils, under the cover of trees in the forests of Southwest Asia, Africa and Madagascar.
And during flowering, they are covered with long (up to 2 meters) thick brushes of flowers, which in shape resemble tiger fangs. Although strongylodons can have a red, purple and crimson hue, the most beautiful of them is the large-brush, with flowers of a greenish-blue hue. This coloring is unique and is not found in any other representative of the flora. Even the pollination of the jade flower is unusual - it is carried out by bats and moths.
4. Saffron
Price up to 2000 dollars per kilogram
It would be highly inappropriate to mention all the most expensive flowers in the world without including saffron, which is undoubtedly a record-breaking flower in this area. It is valued not for its beauty, but for the fact that the dried stigmas of the flower produce an expensive spice and food coloring. For 1 kilogram of saffron, 200,000 flowers are needed.
3. Rothschild Orchid (aka "Kinabalu Gold")
Costs almost $5,000 per plant
The Rothschild Orchid is one of the most expensive and rare flowers in the world. It was discovered in 1987 and almost completely disappeared. It is now only available on the black market because it is an endangered species and therefore protected by law.
A rare orchid from Kinabalu National Park on the island of Borneo in Malaysia has interestingly shaped petals. However, you need to be patient to see them, because this orchid blooms once every 15 years, for a short period - from April to May.
2. Shenzhen Nongke Orchid
Price: $200,000 per orchid
The most valuable orchid in the world, and also one of the most expensive flowers you can buy. It was named after a group of Chinese researchers from Shenzhen University who spent almost ten years creating this plant. It differs from its fellows in its light green petals and bright core.
This orchid is incredibly capricious and will take five years to produce its first flowers, but it is worth it. Back in 2005, an anonymous buyer bought the Shenzhen Nongke at auction, paying more than $200,000 for it.
1. Rose Juliet
The cost of one rose is 3.9 million dollars
This variety of shrub rose is known as the "£3 million flower". That's how much (or $3.9 million at today's rates) breeder David Austin spent to create the perfect flower. Determined to create a flower in the shape of old garden roses with a beautiful and unobtrusive scent, Austin spent 15 years developing it.
These roses were presented to the public at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2006. Visitors to the show were enchanted by the perfection of the peach-apricot flowers, which gradually blossomed into a bright pink with darker tones in the middle of the flower. They were also impressed by the astronomical price, which made the Juliet rose the most expensive flower in the world. However, cuttings of this beauty can now be bought for less,
Priceless flowers
Kadupul
Some things in life are priceless. The Kadupul cactus is one of them. Nicknamed the “Queen of the Night” and the “Moon Cactus,” this elusive little plant is one of the rarest flowers in the world.
But what makes it so unique? It blooms only once a year and only in the dark, and its beauty fades before dawn. You cannot pick this flower without causing it harm. The smell of the flower is called the midnight miracle, it is believed that it has calming properties. However, only a few people in the world are lucky enough to see and smell the flowers in person. It is possible to buy a bottle of Kadupul perfume. But how do you know if the flower really smells like that?
Middlemist red
Another priceless plant that can be found in only 2 places on Earth. One of them is the New Zealand Botanical Garden, and the second is one of the greenhouses in England. The flower’s homeland is China, and it is named after the British gardener John Middlemist, who brought it from Asia to Europe in the 19th century.
Moreover, it is unknown how the red Middlemist came to New Zealand. There is an assumption that it was a descendant of an English flower, not a Chinese one, that was exported. According to another version, one of the two flowers, which belonged to John Middlemist, was sold without his knowledge.
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