The Ophrys apifera, commonly known as the bee orchid, closely mimics a bee in remarkable detail. Its large lip resembles the insect’s body, while the two inner tepals look like antennae.

Baby Toes, Hot Lips, Bleeding Heart, White Baneberry, Brain Coral, Wood Ear are some of the uncanny plants that look like human body parts. Check the full list here: 12 Sep, 2023 ...

Its center looks remarkably like a bee -- specifically, a female bee to trick male bees into pollinating the flower. Bee orchids grow well in temperate areas and are hardy in zones 6 to 9.

More information: Charles Bayly-Jones et al, LYCHOS is a human hybrid of a plant-like PIN transporter and a GPCR, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08012-9 Provided by Monash University ...

In the 1960s and '70s, a series of questionable experiments claimed to prove that plants could behave like humans, that they had feelings, responded to music and could even take a polygraph test ...