The Queen of the Sheba is one of the rarest plants on Earth and fans travel from all around the world to the bush, just outside Bremer Bay, 500km southeast of Perth, to see it. The endangered orchid is one of the most protected species in Australia and takes between seven and 10 years to flower.
He has one of the rarest plants in Australia - only one individual is known in the wild, the Ormeau Myrtle.
The Middlemist's Red camellia is considered the rarest flower in the world. Only two known examples are believed to exist, one in New Zealand and another one in England.
Australia's national floral emblem is the golden wattle (Acacia pycnantha Benth). When in flower, the golden wattle displays the national colours, green and gold. As one species of a large genus of flora growing across Australia, the golden wattle is a symbol of unity.
Australia boasts more than 1,200 species of Acacia, which are commonly known as wattle trees. The golden wattle is Australia's floral emblem, and is widespread around Canberra, in southern New South Wales, in the Adelaide Hills and Victoria.
The largest and oldest-known living plant on Earth has been discovered in Australia. Posidonia australis is an ancient and incredibly resilient seagrass that has been discovered in Shark Bay, Western Australia. It's at least 4,500 years old and spans 180km of shallow ocean.
The waratah is arguably the most beautiful and instantly recognisable of our native wildflowers. The bold, usually blood-red flower heads are held above striking foliage, shining like beacons in the bush during spring.
Golden Wattle(Acacia pycnantha)
The Golden Wattle is our national floral Emblem, green and gold! The Golden Wattle withstands our droughts and bushfires and its resilience represents The Australian people.
A blue rose is a flower of the genus Rosa (family Rosaceae) that presents blue-to-violet pigmentation instead of the more common red, white, or yellow. Blue roses are often used to symbolize mystery or attaining the impossible. However, because of genetic limitations, they do not exist in nature.
Middlemist's Red (Middlemist Camellia): Only Two Samples Of This Flower Exist In The World. The Middlemist Red is one of the rarest and most beautiful flowers in the world; so much so, that only two of its samples exist today.
Did you know that blue is the rarest flower color? Brandon George, graduate student in Public Garden Leadership at Cornell University, takes an in-depth talk on the color blue, why it is so rare in the plant world, and some tips for displaying it in a garden.
Wattles Acacia
This stunning plant produces vibrant yellow flowers from a young age. It's not surprising that the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) variety is the national flower of Australia.
Get to know 10 endangered native Australian species at risk of disappearing forever. Numbat. Gouldian Finch. Mountain Pygmy-possum. Regent honeyeater.
The world's rarest tree is Pennantia baylisiana, also called Three Kings Kaikomako. It was near extinction because the only remaining specimen was female and could not reproduce. However, botanists found viable fruits and planted them within botanical gardens around the world to save it.
All You Need to Know About Sunflowers - The Happiest Flower on Earth. The majestic sunflowers are said to bag the title of the happiest flowers on earth – and much can be attributed to their brilliant, yellow petals and tall green stems that remind us of the sweet summer sun.
Cornflower. Perhaps the bluest of all blue flowers, cornflower is usually grown from seed. This plant is also commonly known as bachelor's button.
Size. Our first corpse flower was 1.96 metres tall. If you classify the whole structure as a flower, the titan arum has the largest flower of any plant in the world.
Boronia serrulata Sm.
Boronia serrulata, or Native Rose, occurs naturally on the New South Wales central coast, within a radius of about 50 km of Sydney from Gosford to the Royal National Park, where it is found growing in semi-shade amongst outcrops of Hawkesbury sandstone.
The first land plants appeared around 470 million years ago, during the Ordovician period, when life was diversifying rapidly. They were non-vascular plants, like mosses and liverworts, that didn't have deep roots.
Until the early 19th century, Australia was best known as New Holland, a name first applied by the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1644 (as Nieuw-Holland ) and subsequently anglicised.