Most Expensive Flowers in the World

  

Juliet rose.

 This  flower's cost is 30 cores is it ! ya this is true. the rose is  to be  released at the flowers exhibition  to the public some time ago . some times  known as  30 cores in a auction. David  Austin who is creator of this flower in his garden after over  15 years of intensive breeding and named Juliet rose. 


Gold of Kinabalu orchid 
              
   

                                              


The extremely rare flower's cost is nearly 4 lacs and it takes time up to 15 years   to  flower, just one stem at a time. The endangered flower  can be found in Kinabalu islands of Malaysia and it blooms only between  April and May.It is also called  the  Gold of Kinabalu



 Kadupul Flower
         

The flower is rare and so frill that only blooms  in few hours , blossoming  just before midnight and perishing  during  the sun rise.The  flower native to the mountain areas of Srilanka. The flower emits strange fragrance.No one has yet been able to remove the flower from its stem. It is completely priceless.

  
Saffron Crocus

  Saffron crocus  which is the most expensive  spice in the world, can use as  medicine and yellow dye. It is the dried stigma ( which is also called thread)  of the crocus flower. It was first cultivated in Greece.
 The Indian Saffron  which is Kashmir Mogra   is the world's finest saffron.
 Nearly 75,000 blossoms are needed to make a single pound of saffron. for this reason, the  price of saffron may range



Shenzhen Nongke Orchid

  By  the result of eight years research in agriculture is Shenzhen Nongke Orchid flower, It blossoms once in 5 years. The flower was sold at auction nearly 1core 25 lac's in 2005 

pink lake hillier

The natural marvel  Lake Hillier, which appears a solid bubble gum pink from above and surrounded by dense woodland  of  paperbark and eucalyptus trees with sand dunes is  on middle island on the Recherche Archipelago in south -west coast of western Austral ,near Cape Arid.
     

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This saline lake is 600 meters long and separated by a narrow strip of land from the ocean.  The color of water is retained when take in a container.Lake  Hillier maintains the pink shade always. It has high salt concentration

It was first discovered  by  Matthew Flinders, a British navigator and hydrographer in 1802. The lake is one of the natural wonders of Australia.

Like lake Hillier. the Lake Retba (Senegal),Hutt Lagoon (Australia) ,Pink lake (Australia) ,Salina de Torrevieja (Spain),Dusty Rose Lake (Canada),Masazirgol or Masazir Lake(azeerbaijan) and Quairading Pink Lake (Australia)  are also  pink in color

Island of Cats!

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A small island in the largest Ocean, the Pacific. As soon as you step onto the island all you hear is "meow, meow, meow" from all sides and corners. You see cat-shaped houses, a cat shrine and many cat statues everywhere on the island. Where is this wonderful place (annoying for some people, but not me!) ?

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1. This island, Tashirojima, is  in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan, in the Pacific Ocean off the Oshika Peninsula. 

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2. There are more cats than people on this island. The human population is about 100.

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3. Cats have long been thought by the locals to represent luck and good fortune, and doubly so if you feed and care for them. Thus, the cats are treated like kings, and although most are feral because keeping them as "pets" is generally considered inappropriate, they are well-fed and well-cared for.

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4. There are about 51 cat-shaped monuments and buildings.
5. You won't find any pet dogs and it is basically prohibited to bring dogs onto the island.

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6. There are more than 2000 cats on the island. You find no other animal, hence people call this place 'Cats' heaven'.
7. Tashiro-jima is also known as "Manga Island".

James bond Island, Thailand

The islet Ko Tapu called 'James Bond Island'

Khao Phing Kan, a pair of islands on Thailand's west coast. Khao Phing Kan, popularly called as James Bond Island, is just a short distance north east of Phuket in Phang Nga bay which is a beautiful National park.  The island and a tall islet Ko Tapu earned the name 'James Bond Island' after the 1974 hollywood James bond movie 'The man with the Golden Gun' was shot here. Since then this island and the national park have become a major tourist attraction.

There are a few more exciting places nearby.
1. The Monkey Caves
Near Suwankuha temple in Phuket you see hundreds of monkeys in and around these caves. There are many buddhist statues inside the caves. there is a large reclining golden Buddha statue inside the caves.

2. Sea Gypsy Village (Panyee Island) -
It is a floating wooden village in the middle of the water. There are houses, restaurants, shops, school, mosque everything on it. It is a Muslim fishing village. Sometimes, this village is locally nick-named as 'Bin Laden Village'.

According to some reports online the island was said to be extremely hard hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.