Hello, today I am going to tell you about flowers. Flowers are wonderful things that God created.  Some we keep outside, and some we keep in our house.

First, we're going to talk about flower's needs. The first thing flowers need is soil. Soil has all the food that flowers need. The next thing is water. Water keeps the flower from drying up. But if you give flowers too much water, they will drown. Some flowers need lots of water, and some need only a little. The last thing flowers need is sunlight. Sunlight help the flowers grow. Some flowers, like with water, need lots of sunlight. Others, need only a little, otherwise they will shrivel up. But all flowers need soil, water, and sunlight.  

FLOWERS

Flowers are the prettiest plants God created. We are going to look at some of the most unusual flowers in the world .So lets look at some cool flowers!

CORPSE FLOWER

If you look at a photo of a corpse flower and say, "What a pretty flower! It must smell nice!" You are wrong wrong WRONG! The corpse flower smells like ROTTING MEAT! Yuck! I would not like a sniff of that flower! Luckily, the corpse flower only blooms every seven to nine years. And its native home is in Sumatra, Indonesia, anyway. Gosh, how DO people there stand the smell? So now you know NEVER to smell a CORPSE FLOWER. 

BUCKET ORCHID

Ok, bucket orchids DO look like a bucket, don't they? Well, the bucket orchid has this liquid form of pollen in their bucket. A male orchid bee is attracted to the smell of the pollen and falls into the bucket. He then collects the liquid, exits the bucket through a hole in the top of the bucket, and flies away. Then some of the pollen sticks to his legs, and he goes to another bucket orchid and the pollen from the last flower sticks to the next flower when the bee exits it. This helps all the flowers stay healthy. It's an ongoing cycle!    

STURT'S DESERT PEA

If you're guessing this flower is named after a  man named Sturt and because it looks like a pea and it's found in the desert you are right. Sturt was one of the first people to explore lots of Australia. And yes, this plant is an Australian flower. It is also South Australia's floral emblem. Though it doesn't really grow in South Australia. It usually grows in the more deserty area.