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Clinging Orange Petal

Flower type: Biennial (Grows upwards by clinging to almost any surface.)

This massive flower grows up to 9.1 feet (2.8 meters) tall. Its gray stem is very thin and splits into 8 branching stems halfway up, and the giant, orange leaves are long, tapering with irregular edges. Many leaves grow along the entire length of the stem.

Two small flowers sit at the end of each stem. The flowers are 36 cm (14.2 inches) wide, with petals that are cyan in the center, brown in the middle and peach at the edges. The flower head is an uncoordinated mess of 36 curved petals. They are sturdy.

It has a fairly strong scent that smells like warm cookies, and it has very little pollen; it can cause severe allergic reactions. It is pollinated by a small species of bird, but is also visited by a variety of insects.

It coexists peacefully with other plants.
It is almost impossible to grow indoors.
It comes in 47 varieties.
It is suitable for creating fine, soft textiles
It is excellent at collecting and storing carbon dioxide