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.

Hooker's Lips (Psychotria Elata): Those aren't Mick Jagger's lips Photoshopped onto a plant. Believe it or not, this is a real plant affectionately called Hooker's Lips for the flowers that look like large, luscious red lips. Known scientifically as Psychotria elata, these low-growing trees or shrubs can be found in tropical places like Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia, particularly in areas that tend to get a lot of rainfall. Those red lips are commonly called flowers, but they are actually leaf-like bracts. And just like a hooker would wear bright red lipstick to attract potential clients, those red hot lips on the plant attract pollinators, such as hummingbirds and butterflies to the small, white flowers that grow inside the large bracts. The fruits are oval berries that turn blue or black when mature.