Green flowers
Hellebores, bells of Ireland, green orchids and hydrangea.
Giant red Indian paintbrushCastilleja miniata
A wildflower with vivid red to orange bracts and yellow-green tubular flowers
Castilleja miniata · Wildflower
Yellow lady's slipperCypripedium parviflorum
A wild North American orchid with a bright yellow pouch-shaped flower
🇨🇦 Canada and 2 more · Wildflower
Jack-in-the-pulpitArisaema triphyllum
A woodland plant with a hooded flower spike found in eastern North America
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Wildflower
Great laurelRhododendron maximum
A large evergreen shrub with showy blooms in the Appalachian forests
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Sausage treeKigelia africana
African tree with large sausage-shaped fruit and striking maroon flowers
🇰🇪 Kenya and 2 more · Flowering tree
Common pagodaMimetes cucullatus
A Cape shrub whose scarlet hooded leaves crown each flower head
Mimetes cucullatus · Flowering shrub
AmancaeIsmene amancaes
A yellow-flowered bulb plant from Peru’s coastal hills
🇵🇪 Peru · Bulb flower
Greenhood orchidPterostylis
A genus of hooded terrestrial orchids from Australia and nearby islands
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 more · Wildflower
Tree fuchsiaFuchsia excorticata
New Zealand’s tall, peeling-bark fuchsia with dark berries and purple flowers
🇳🇿 New Zealand · Flowering tree
Tulip treeLiriodendron
A tall deciduous tree with tulip-shaped flowers and four-lobed leaves
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Flowering tree
Florist's daisyChrysanthemum × morifolium
The many-petalled autumn bloom of gardens and floral shows
🇨🇳 China and 4 more · Garden flower
Angraecum
A genus of white-flowered orchids with long nectar spurs, mostly from Africa and Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 4 more · Orchid
Fringed orchidPlatanthera
A genus of showy terrestrial orchids with fringed or lobed lips
Platanthera · Wildflower
Honey garlicAllium siculum
A tall Allium with drooping cream-and-maroon bell flowers and twisted blue-gray leaves
🇧🇬 Bulgaria and 6 more · Wildflower
Albuca
African bulb plants with sticky leaves and striped, nodding flowers
🇿🇦 South Africa · Bulb flower
Ti plantCordyline fruticosa
A tropical shrub with vivid leaves, used across the Pacific for ritual and food
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Calla lilyZantedeschia aethiopica
A tall white-flowered wetland plant from southern Africa
🇿🇦 South Africa and 8 more · Wildflower
Mistletoe
A parasitic evergreen plant with white or red berries, found on trees worldwide
🇦🇺 Australia and 3 more · Wildflower
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
The small white bell-shaped flower that blooms in late winter
🇦🇱 Albania and 7 more · Bulb flower
Swamp banksiaBanksia robur
A tough coastal shrub with large serrated leaves and green-gold flower spikes
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
VanillaVanilla planifolia
The climbing orchid behind most of the world’s vanilla flavour
🇲🇽 Mexico and 8 more · Wildflower
Tulip treeLiriodendron tulipifera
A towering North American tree with tulip-shaped yellow-green flowers
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flowering tree
Red-and-green kangaroo pawAnigozanthos manglesii
The red and green floral emblem of Western Australia
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Queen of the AndesPuya raimondii
The tallest bromeliad, blooming once after decades and then dying
🇵🇪 Peru and 1 more · Wildflower
Titan arumAmorphophallus titanum
A giant rainforest flower with a strong scent of decay
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Trillium
Woodland wildflowers with three-petalled blooms and whorled bracts
🇺🇸 United States and 4 more · Wildflower
BottlebrushCallistemon
Shrubs with brush-shaped flowers native to Australia
🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering shrub
Fritillaria
Bell-shaped spring flowers from the lily family grown for gardens and tradition
Fritillaria · Wildflower
Roussea simplex
A rare climbing shrub with orange-yellow flowers from the high forests of Mauritius
🇲🇺 Mauritius · Wildflower
Leucojum
White-flowered bulbs of damp meadows and shady gardens
🇪🇸 Spain and 6 more · Wildflower
Heuchera
Evergreen perennials with colorful leaves and delicate spring flowers
🇺🇸 United States and 2 more · Wildflower
Lady's mantleAlchemilla
A group of perennial herbs with fan-shaped, water-repellent leaves
Alchemilla · Wildflower
Leopard plantFarfugium japonicum
A shade-loving perennial with bold leaves and yellow autumn flowers
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Garden flower
Waling-walingVanda sanderiana
A rare orchid known as the 'Queen of Philippine flowers'
🇵🇭 Philippines · Orchid
Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum
A Southeast Asian slipper orchid with blue-green leaves and striped flowers
🇮🇩 Indonesia · Wildflower
Giant snowdropGalanthus elwesii
A tall, early-blooming snowdrop from the Balkans and Asia Minor
🇹🇷 Turkey and 5 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Mistletoe: George Chernilevsky, CC BY 4.0, source
- Swamp banksia: John Tann, CC BY 2.0, source
- Vanilla: Everglades National Park, Public domain, source
- Tulip tree: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Red-and-green kangaroo paw: Gnangarra, CC BY 2.5 au, source
- Queen of the Andes: Pepe Roque, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Titan arum: Skaryd, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Trillium: Ramin Nakisa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bottlebrush: Amos T Fairchild, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Fritillaria: DHochmayr, Public domain, source
- Roussea simplex: Biodiversity Heritage Library, CC BY 2.0, source
- Leucojum: fir0002 flagstaffotos [at] gmail.com Canon 20D + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, GFDL 1.2, source
- Heuchera: A. Köhler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lady's mantle: Photo by and (c)2007 Jina Lee, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leopard plant: Miya, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Waling-waling: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paphiopedilum glaucophyllum: Secundum naturam, Public domain, source
- Giant snowdrop: Димитър Найденов / Dimìtar Nàydenov, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant red Indian paintbrush: Extemporalist, CC0, source
- Yellow lady's slipper: Hardyplants at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Jack-in-the-pulpit: IvoShandor, CC BY 2.5, source
- Great laurel: HoosierMan1816, CC0, source
- Sausage tree: Photographs: Ettore Balocchi (upper left), Bjørn Christian Tørrissen (, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common pagoda: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Amancae: Ker Gawler, Public domain, source
- Greenhood orchid: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tree fuchsia: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, source
- Tulip tree: Bruce Marlin, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Florist's daisy: 池田正樹 ( talk )masaki ikeda, Public domain, source
- Angraecum: Diogo Correia, Public domain, source
- Fringed orchid: Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Honey garlic: Leo Michels, CC0, source
- Albuca: Annie's Annuals & Perennials, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ti plant: Dick Culbert, CC BY 2.0, source
- Calla lily: Alvesgaspar, CC BY 2.5, source
- Snowdrop: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, source