The beautiful flower is often the perfect gift to your loved ones, but would you ever buy one of 11 most expensive flowers in the world?
The flowers are not usually expensive and they come in a variety of colors and shapes. Some of them we buy just to put them in our vase and have a piece of nature in our homes, and some of them we buy to show our love. If you buy a red rose, your girlfriend will know that you’re in passionate love with her! And if you choose the yellow one, according to the well-known meanings of flowers, she will probably be disappointed because it means you’re only friends. So, you have to choose the perfect bouquet carefully, since everything matters, the color, the size, the shape… and the price.
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To make our list of 11 most expensive flowers in the world, we checked the prices of flowers on the internet. We have to mention that some flowers are sold per stem or per flower, and some are sold per bundle. Most of the prices of flowers in our list are for the single flower, but some of them are for bundles because that is the only way they are sold. We collected the data from the various websites to check the prices we have found and some of them are: Finances online, Serenata flowers, Mother nature network, Interflora, Arena flower and Grower Direct. If you are interested in the lists of the most expensive things of a different nature, you can also check out our article 11 most expensive military planes in the world.
Now, let’s see together the prices of flowers which would make the most expensive bouquet in the world:
11. Hydrangea
$7 per piece
It is not easy to plant hydrangea (hortensia). Everybody loves to see them at weddings, especially the white ones!
10. Gloriosa
$8 per piece
Gloriosa is known as fire lily, glory lily or flame lily. This beautiful flower is toxic if digested and can even cause the rash on the skin when you touch them. It is a rare flower which can be found in yellow, red, orange and yellow-green colors.
9. Gardenia
$20 per bundle
Gardenia gives off unique and rich sweet scent. The flowers are white or yellow. For thriving Gardenia demands high humidity and bright light and it is not so easily grown.
8. Lisianthus
$25 per bundle
This flower is found in northern South America, Mexico, Southern United States and the Caribbean. They are known as Bluebells, Texas bluebells, Tulip gentians and Eustoma. Eustoma in Greek means beautiful mouth. It blossoms annually.
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7. Lily of the valley
$35 per bundle
The life span of Convallaria majalis is only 14 days (in early spring), hence it is very rare and expensive. They are sold in bundles and known worldwide for their beautiful and unique look. The white flower has a rich sweet scent. Among the Christians it is known as Mary’s tears (or Our Lady’s tears), described as the tears of Virgin Mary when Jesus was crucified.
6. Saffron Crocus
$1,400 per pound
You have already heard of saffron spice and know that it is one of the most expensive spices in the world. Did you know that it takes nearly 80,000 saffron crocuses to make 1 pound of this spice?
5. Semper Augustus from the 17th century
$5,700 per piece
We had to put this flower on our list of 11 most expensive flowers in the world because everybody went crazy about it few centuries ago and it was sold for stunning $5,700 per piece (10,000 guilders).
4. Gold of Kinabalu Orchid
$6,000 per piece
Orchids are just perfect, aren’t they? But would you buy this one? If you would, you will have to go to Malaysia, because the only place where you can buy this flower is the Kinabalu National Park. It is also called Rothschild’s Orchid. It is predicted that this flower is going to be even more expensive in the future since it can take 15 years for it to blossom.
3. Shenzhen Nongke Orchid
$200,000 per piece
The botanists spent around eight years observing the flower and planting it. Not only that this orchid is beautiful, but it is very rare and not easy to cultivate, therefore it is on our list of 11 most expensive flowers in the world.
2. Juliet Rose
$15.8 million
This flower is known as the $15.8 million flower. It took 15 years and $15.8 million for David Austin to create this beautiful rose! No wonder it is well known for its price and blushing beauty.
1. Kadupul Flower
priceless
This flower tops our list of 11 most expensive flowers in the world. It is actually priceless and hence the most wanted and the most appreciated flower in the world. Kadupul grows in Sri Lanka, blossoms during the night and dies in the morning! The scent is described as soothing, but the flower dies as soon as you pick it, therefore it is priceless and the most expensive flower in the world!
