Plants

= = = = = = = Plants = =**Isaac Hilyer- Rafflesia Arnoldii**=

· //Rafflesia arnoldii// is rare and fairly hard to locate. · //Rafflesia// grows in the jungles of Southeast Asia, including the Philippines. · It is noted for producing the largest individual flower //on// earth, and a strong odor of decaying flesh · Have a reddish-brown coloration and stink of rotting flesh, which is why it was nicknamed the "corpse flower". · The Rafflesia is rare and fairly hard to locate. · //Rafflesia arnoldii// is the largest; its blossom attains a diameter of nearly a meter and can weigh up to 11 kg.

=** Paige Blair- Orchids **= There are over 20,000 known species and orchids are especially common in moist tropical regions. Although temperate orchids usually grow in the soil. Orchid flowers vary considerably in shape color and size, although they share a common pattern of three petals and three petal-like sepals. The lower petal has a very distinctive appearance. They attract birds and insects with their beautiful colors and their smells. Humming birds are one bird that eats Orchids.

harvested annually and is capable of complete regeneration without need to replant.
 * Bamboo is harvested and replenished with no impact to the. It can be selectively


 * Bamboo is an enduring natural resource and provides income, food, and housing to over 2.2 billion people worldwide.


 * Bamboo has thousands of uses including airplane "skins", aphrodisiacs, blinds, brushes, crafts, ** desalination filters, diesel fuel, fly-fishing poles, flooring, food, furniture, medicine, musical ** ** instruments, ornaments, paper, rope, scaffolding, umbrellas, walking sticks, wind chimes and many, more . **

· The coconut grows in rainforests and other tropical of climates
==== **·** The smallest is called the Dwarf palm ====

**·** The coconut palm tree grows in hot areas
==== **· ** It likes frost free areas, and grows in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific region, the tree grows near seas in these areas so the roots can find moisture ==== ==== **·** In the United States it is found only in Hawaii, the Southern tip of Florida, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Island // s // ====

Kyle Wilcox Gazania

· like sunny location · there are two varieties · both the ground · can grow up to 6 to 12 in high · closes up on clouded days and at night

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Works Cited

"Coconut Tree." //Rainforest Plants//.1998. Web. 1 Apr 2010. . Blair, Paige. "Learning About the Rainforest." //Orchids//. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr 2010. . http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/bamboowall/bamboofacts.html