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Udumbara Flower

Youtan Puluo

Photo by Tunjung Seto
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Field Notes

Description:

Like needles . dengen round white tip . found stuck in the grass
for some people this flower was belived only bloom in every 3000 years

Habitat:

Field

Notes:

Night Spotting

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
KostasZontanos
Probably the Youtan Poluo isn’t even a flower. It’s the eggs of lacewings. The female lacewing lays its eggs on thread-like stalks to keep the aggressive young from eating each other when they hatch. (http://www.omgfacts.com/theworld/9073/A-flower-said-to-bloom-every-3-000-years-was-found-to-be-blooming-in-a-man-s-pipe-in-2007)

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