17 Exotic Plants That Seem Like They Could Be From Another Planet

We all love flowers and nature. And it seems that most people have at least a few flowerpots on their desks or windowsills. One of the most popular houseplants is the cactus, but Monsteria, Hoya, and different ferns are also fairly common and easy to recognize. But some houseplants are so unusual that we can’t take our eyes off of them.

We at Bright Side had never seen many of the plants in this compilation before, but internet experts correctly identified almost all of them.

“Saw these blue flowers that look like small wizards. Need some help IDing them.”

• It’s called Corydalis, and it’s from the mountains of China originally! It’s perennial, so enjoy it for years! © Ranger-308Tac2010 / Reddit
• Regardless of their scientific name, they are called tiny wizards in my mind from now on. © other_yellow_peril / Reddit

“Found this on a tree on a walk. My 6-year-old daughter desperately wants to know what it is!”

• Cedar-apple rust. It doesn’t cause much damage to the cedar or juniper, but it’s really bad for apple trees. © pare6386 / Reddit

“Down by the lake, there are these weird flowers made up of hundreds of tinier flowers. I’d love to know what they are.”

• Cephalanthus occidentalis. © hydrocharis / Reddit

“This plant has looked the same for 4 years. Suddenly these 2 things appeared, and they are freaking me out.”

“Figured it out: it’s a beschorneria. I think it’s feeling quite well, but I’m still scared.”

“This flower looks like a cupcake with beautifully piped icing”

• Camellia japonica “Pink Perfection” © glennt58 / Reddit

“I don’t know who she is but she’s pretty.”

• Mother of Thousands (Kalanchoe daigremontiana). © ChromeBoxExtension / Reddit

“Found this in a botanical garden. Can I grow the same from a couple of flowers?”

• It’s a Jade vine and if you live anywhere below zone 10 (or whatever the equivalent is where you live) you won’t have success growing it. © hmcfuego / Reddit

“I went out to walk my dog and came across this cute flower.”

• Wow, I wish a clematis would show up in my yard... © mycatisanorange / Reddit

“What is this deadly beauty? These flowers sprouted from nowhere, and then they were gone.”

• It’s Dicentra, commonly known as bleeding-hearts. And yep, you’re correct — it’s poisonous. © bump_in_the_toad / Reddit

“This stingy plant growing on my lemon tree.”

It’s Tillandsia. It’s an air plant that doesn’t need soil.

“Purchased without ID, please help!”

• Juvenile Adiantum Peruvianum or silver dollar fern. © mybotanicaltreasures / Reddit

“A friend got these for my birthday. Just love them, but no idea what they’re called.”

• Calla Lilly. © Kkindler08 / Reddit

“I’ve never seen anything like this. I think my flower is mutating.”

• This is a Fanfare Blaze variety (fused petals creating trumpets in pinwheel formation). © NeriTina / Reddit

“Are these pink grapes? Or something else?”

Wild bush grape (Cayratia mollissima). The berries are toxic and may irritate your skin.

“I can identify every plant in this picture except for the long stock of pink flower buds... Help?!”

• To be exact, that’s a salmon star lupine. They just keep going and going once they start blooming, and every day it seems to amaze you with how it has grown and added more flowers. © Acceptable-Risks / Reddit

“Giant bush already ate our shed, now headed for the house!”

• It’s a rhododendron. Prune it in fall and enjoy! © TurbulentCareer8452 / Reddit

“Found this giant, can’t tell for the life of me what it is.”

• It looks like some sort of tentacle from another dimension. Don’t touch it, we don’t need them knowing what people taste like. © dwooding1 / Reddit
• Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, the whitespot giant arum. It grows a giant, weird inflorescence, and nothing else. © SCMtnGuy / Reddit

Have you ever had any unusual plants at home? Tell us about them!