These 16 Flowers Look Like Something Else

These flowers, as a reproductive organ, evolved with one primary purpose in mind – to attract pollinators like insects or birds. This function has driven their astounding evolutionary explosion of distinct colors and shapes, some of which have even come to resemble various recognizable figures, plants or animals.

Once enticed, insect visitors fly through the Darth Vader plant's luminous "eyes." The inside of the blooms are lined with sticky hairs that imprison the unfortunate guests long enough to cover them with pollen. They are then released to fly out and pollinate more blooms. Each bloom lasts only a single week. If you want to see Darth Vader flowers, your best bet may be a greenhouse or botanical garden, such as Japan's Kyoto Botanical Garden.