Archive of
Vanished Flora

A real record of plants that never existed — flowers found in the world's far places, and gone. Each light on the map is the coordinate where one was discovered.

▶ N°001Ventiflora evanidaNightdew Ring 50.5°S 73.0°WThe flower vanishes with the dawn. ▶ N°002Nebulophyta pallescensDawnfade Bloom 24.7°S 15.1°EAlmost no specimens remain. ▶ N°003Lavaricola aurorensisDawn-glass Herb 28.3°N 16.6°WAlmost no one has seen its colour change. ▶ N°004Nebulocampa campanulataMist-bell Herb 38.5°N 28.0°WThis flower makes no sound. ▶ N°005Sanguilarmis socotranaBlood-tear Tree 12.5°N 53.9°EOnly at dusk does this tree shed red drops. ▶ N°006Nebulanthus atacamensisHourglass Flower 24.5°S 70.4°WIn the driest desert on earth, a flower blooms for only minutes. ▶ N°007Pluvifolia neozelandicaRain-hiding Herb 45.4°S 167.2°EWhen rain falls, this herb folds its leaves and hides. ▶ N°008Pruinanthus alpinusFirst-frost Flower 36.3°N 137.6°EIt blooms just once a year, for only half a day. ▶ N°009Spiranthella nocturnaNight-spiral Flower 18.7°S 44.8°EIt opens only at night and coils into a spiral by morning. ▶ N°010Vaporanthus islandicusSteam Flower 64.1°N 20.3°WOn a freezing morning, steam rises around this flower alone. ▶ N°011Halophilanthus uyunensisSalt-bloom Herb 20.1°S 67.5°WOn a land of nothing but salt, a single flower blooms. ▶ N°012Crystallanthus altaicusIce-clad Flower 49.5°N 87.5°EAt dawn, the flower is sealed in glass-like ice. ▶ N°013Glacianthus groenlandicusGlacier Flower 72.0°N 40.0°WOn bare glacier ice, with no soil, a flower blooms. ▶ N°014Cineranthus vulcanicusAsh-cloaked Flower 7.5°S 110.4°EIt blooms only the year after a volcano erupts. ▶ N°015Aestulittora atlanticaLow-tide Star 56.0°N 9.0°WFor only the hours the tide is out, it blooms on the seaside rocks. ▶ N°016Rheomarginis confluentisBlackwater Flower 2.5°S 60.7°WAlmost no specimens, and no firm records, remain. ▶ N°017Lapidanthus pamukkalensisPetrifying Flower 37.9°N 29.1°EOnly flowers touched by the spring water turn to stone. ▶ N°018Volvithamnus erraticusRolling Herb 33.3°N 44.4°EWhen it dies, it rolls away as if alive. ▶ N°019Antroflora luminisCave-mouth Flower 16.0°N 107.5°EIt blooms at a cave mouth, where a single shaft of light reaches. ▶ N°020Nubivola pendulaCloud-sea Orchid 13.2°S 71.5°WTouching no soil, it blooms on a branch, drinking only the fog. ▶ N°021Paludis mergensSinking Flower 58.4°N 4.5°WOnce open, the flower sinks into the peat and vanishes within hours. ▶ N°022Pyrolava fissicolaRock-first Bloom 63.6°N 19.0°WOn this lava, it is the only thing to bloom first. ▶ N°023Umbraflora pallidaPale Phantom Flower 1.5°N 114.0°EA flower with no green at all blooms only on the dark forest floor. ▶ N°024Guanophila maritimaRock-gold Flower 60.2°N 1.3°WThis flower blooms only on rocks where seabirds are. ▶ N°025Pyrophila resurgensWildfire Flower 33.9°S 19.8°EOnly after fire has passed does this flower appear. ▶ N°026Recessa pantanalisEbbwater Flower 17.5°S 57.0°WOnly after the water recedes does this flower appear. ▶ N°027Cryophila pergelidaThaw Bloom 71.5°N 128.5°EIt appears only in the brief summer when the frozen ground has thawed. ▶ N°028Antrophila aestuariaTideglow Flower 33.5°N 135.8°EIt opens only for the few hours when the tide is full and the light comes in. ▶ N°029Tonitrophila montanaAfterstorm Bloom 32.0°N 90.0°EIt opens only on the morning after the storm has passed. ▶ N°030Psammophila erransSandwake Bloom 38.5°N 83.5°EIt shows itself only after the sandstorm has passed. ▶ N°031Radicava bialowiensisTreefall Light 52.7°N 23.8°ESomewhere in the forest, it is always in flower. ▶ N°032Petranthus caatingaeReceding Rockbloom 8.0°S 39.5°WWhile the pool stands full, this plant has no roots. ▶ N°033Ferrifuga congolensisIron-shun Flower 2.2°N 18.5°EThe richer the water, the more completely this plant disappears. ▶ N°034Stellatia donianensisDrypool Star 37.0°N 6.4°WIt had not vanished — it was waiting beneath the water. ▶ N°035Erosivora bardenensisCrumbling-edge Herb 42.2°N 1.4°WThere is a herb for which the breaking of the land is the condition of life. ▶ N°036Sodaphyton pannonicumSoda-breath Herb 46.8°N 19.2°EOnly in certain years does it appear on the shore. ▶ N°037Petrobryum sacrificansSacrificial Rockmoss 6.5°N 10.5°ENearly all of its body, it casts away itself — every time. ▶ N°038Cedrus bimorpha atlasianaTwo-form Cedar 32.7°N 5.0°WThere are years when one tree seems to be two. ▶ N°039Pluviocount lateriticaThrice-count Flower 17.5°N 73.7°EOne rain alone will never wake it. ▶ N°040Metallophila reciprocaVessel-return Herb 30.7°N 88.0°WOrdinarily, it hoards metal in its leaves. ▶ N°041Selectiva obsidianaObsidian Star 40.2°N 44.8°EOnly the most scorched bud remains for the year to come. ▶ N°042Bifidoradix troodosensisSplit-root Herb 34.9°N 32.9°EOne plant — doing two opposite things below the ground. ▶ N°043Radix dispersa tschadensisScattered-kin Herb 13.2°N 14.5°EFlowers that bloom apart may, at the bottom of the earth, be one. ▶ N°044Gypsophyma reficiensHill-reweaver 33.5°N 53.0°EIt never moves — yet below ground, its shape is never the same. ▶ N°045Umbravena teraiensisCanopy-return Herb 27.0°N 84.0°EIn ground the fire has crossed, it somehow will not sprout. ▶ N°046Radicofolia loessicaBared-root Herb 37.0°N 110.0°EWhich is root, and which is leaf — no one can tell. ▶ N°047Serpentivora insularisSerpentine Reader 20.4°N 75.0°WMoved to the very next rock, it grows no more. ▶ N°048Aphyllanthe essequibensisLeafless Greenbrush 4.0°N 58.6°WA plant that seems to grow the faster, the fewer leaves it keeps. ▶ N°049Pulvina chronostrata antisanensisTime-layer Cushion 0.5°S 78.1°WWithin a single plant, several times lie sleeping. ▶ N°050Radicilapsa drakensbergensisChannel-root Caster 29.5°S 29.3°EThere is a herb that casts away the roots it grew. ▶ N°051Praesagia eyrensisForerunner Herb 28.3°S 137.3°EIt sprouts long before the water comes. ▶ N°052Nivifenestra himalayensisSnow-window Bloom 27.8°N 88.1°E雪が降ったばかりの朝にだけ、雪の上に小さな窓が開きます。 ▶ N°053Gradiradix aestuariaWandering Stilt-Tree 5.0°N 115.0°E歩く木は、一生をかけてたった数メートルだけ進みます。 ▶ N°054Zootheca latrinalisBeast-lodge Pitcher 6.1°N 116.6°E森でただ一匹の客だけに、蓋を開ける壺があります。 ▶ N°055Chronanthus vallitinctusValley-Tide Bloom 11.4°N 76.6°E十数年にたった一度だけ、谷ひとつが一晩で色を変えます。 ▶ N°056Cicatriflora fastorumDrought-Calendar Tree 10.4°S 40.3°Wこの木は、渇いた年にしかflowerを咲かせません。 ▶ N°057Ceraunocandela furcataThunder Candelabra 0.7°S 36.5°Eこの木の枝の数は、耐えた雷の数だけ増えます。 ▶ N°058Ombrophyllum solitariumOne-Leaf Rain Parasol 4.0°N 114.9°Eこのleafは、一生に一度しか開きません。 ▶ N°059Chalybanthus congoensisFoil-flash Bloom 2.8°S 20.5°E色素をひとつも持たないのに、これは地上でもっとも強く輝くflowerです。 N°060Horologanthus cyclostephanusClockwork Passion-vine 13.1°S 71.6°WこのflowerがOpenのは、一生に一度だけです。 N°061Petrofissura ephemeraCleftkeeper Moss-bloom 6.2°N 10.5°Eこの草は、自分の体の大半を毎回捨てます。 N°062Nebulofilix resolvensFogloom Tree Fern 6.2°N 116.7°EMistの濃いNightにだけ、羊歯は握った拳をほどきます。 N°063Nyctomersa igniferaSunken Lantern Lily 3.1°S 64.8°WNightにだけ咲いて、朝が来る前に、Waterの底へ消えていくflowerがあります。 N°064Confluvia contiguaDrift-raft Bloom 2.5°S 60.9°W根を持たない草が、ぶつかった時にだけ咲きます。 N°065Clepsydranthus vergensWaterclock Bloom 0.4°N 29.9°E満ちたflowerだけが、ひとりでに傾いてWaterをこぼします。 N°066Clepsydendron ventricosumHourglass Bottle Tree 23.5°S 22.0°Eこの幹の太さだけが、最後のRainからの月数を示します。 N°067Nivicrista cruentaSnowmelt Bloodspike 37.8°N 119.6°W緑をひとつも持たないplantが、雪解けのmarginに、赤い穂だけを立てます。 N°068Sphragidocarpus nocturnusSealed Gourd Tree 11.1°N 19.4°Eこの果実は、一年に一Nightしか落ちません。

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