• Question: What is the rarest plant in the world?

    Asked by anon-218612 to Emma, Anna on 12 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Anna Gardner

      Anna Gardner answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      The rarest plant in the world is the ‘Wood’s Cycad’. This is a fern that used to be around with the Dinosaurs. There is only one left in the whole world which is safe in Kew Gardens in London.
      Another rare plant is the ‘Attenboroughs pitcher’ plant. This carnivorous pitcher plant is named after David Attenborough but is a really rare protected plant. It is most known for eating entire rats!

    • Photo: Emma Markham

      Emma Markham answered on 12 Jun 2019:

      I believe one of the rarest plants in the world is the Ladies Slipper Orchid, which used to grow in several locations and now only grows in one secret location which has 24hr security to ensure no-one harms it. Imagine being the security guard for a plant!

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