Article: Really weird plants.(bottle trees; fake rock plants; pacypodium elephant feet; lobelia; mimosa; orchids that attract bees)

Would you believe plants that use electricity or look just like stones? How about plants with their own air conditioners? Wait--that's not all!

LIVING BOTTLES

The bottle tree (right) is a weird plant from Madagascar (an island off the east coast of Africa.) The tree looks like a bottle and even acts like one. It stores lots of liquid in its soft wood. If the weather stays dry for a very long time, people sometimes cut the trunk open. Why? To feed the juicy wood to their thirsty cattle.

FAKE ROCKS

Not all the pebbles above are made of stone. The bigger ones with the patterns on them are plants. These "stones" are really round, smooth leaves that ...

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