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.

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