Black flower exists or not?

Question

Anybody knows the existance of black flower? If not which flower is at least considered as black?

Answer 1

Yes it exists......It is known as the bat flower, Tacca chantrierei. Its quite spectacular. Its usually found in the tropics.

Here's some links to pictures of the fower:

http://seeds.thompson-morgan.com/pix/m/s...

http://home.att.net/~calisi/batchanflwr....

Answer 2

Here are some black flowering plants:

Black flowers:

Aquilegia ‘Black Barlow’, ‘William Guinness’ (columbine)

Tulipa ‘Queen of Night’ (tulip)

Alcea rosea ‘Nigra’, ‘Black Beauty’, ‘Night Watchman’ (hollyhock)

Iris ‘Study in Black’, ‘Hello Darkness’, ‘Paint it Black’, ‘Superstition’, I. chrysographes

Clematis ‘Romantika’

Dahlia ‘Arabian Night’

Dianthus barbatus nigrescens ‘Tuxedo Black’, 'King of Black'

Hemerocallis ‘Starling’ (daylily)

Nemophila menziesii ‘Pennie Black’

Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Ace of Spades’, ‘Black Mourning Bride’ (pincushion flower)

Centaurea ‘Black Ball’, ‘Black Boy’ (cornflower)

Helleborus ‘Little Black’, ‘Black Beauty’ (lenten rose)

Viola cornuta ‘Bowles Black’, ‘Molly Anderson’, ‘Black Jack’, 'Black Magic'

Viola wittrockiana ‘Coal Black’, ‘Black Moon’, 'Black Prince', 'Black Star', 'Black and White', 'Black Panther' (pansy)

Hyacinth ‘Midnight Mystique’

Papaver paeoniflorum ‘Black Peony’ (peony poppy)

Antirrhinum majus ‘Black Prince’ (snapdragon)

Tropaeolum minus ‘Black Nasturtium’, ‘Black Velvet’ (nasturtium)

Black foliage:

Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ (black mondo grass) - for foliage

Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’ (elephant ear) - for foliage)

Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie’ (sweet potato vine) - for foliage

Phyllostachys nigra ‘Black Bamboo’

Phormium ‘Platt’s Black’, ‘Dark Delight’ (New Zealand flax) - for foliage

Now I don't know if a Botanist will technically classify these are flowering "black", they may just be a very dark purple, but for this purpose, they look black. :)

Answer 3

i'm pretty sure there's a black calla lilly