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what the viewer may see at first. These have a very exceptional shape. They are in fact insect-catching flowers, but they catch those little creatures only to be pollinated, after the pollination the insect will be released. |
 left:A typical Ceropegia flower, the tube-shaped flower can be separated into three parts. - the five petals which are mostly united at the tip and form the typical lantern shape - the slender flower-tube, there is finest hair inside which is aligned downwards to make it impossible for the pollinators to flight - the mostly swollen, balloon-shaped lower part of the flower, here are the sexual organs of the flower There are usually some translucent areas at the lowest part of the flower which pretend another exit for insects that have entered the flower. |