Nicoleta01
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The world's smallest orchid is just 2.1mm wide, with transparent petals that are just one cell thick. It comes from the Platystele genus, which is made up of mostly miniature plants.
American scientist Lou Jost found the tiny flower by accident among the roots of a larger plant that he had collected from the Cerro Candelaria reserve in the eastern Andes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1232106/Smallest-orchid-world-accident-2mm-wide.html
Picture of the flower in the link~
I gotta wonder how a small plant could pollinate amongst the larger plants of the rainforest. But still a nice find, and the flower is quite pretty. =O