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Rare flower under Nun's washing machine.

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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 4 Mar 2010 04:14

Rare Buddhist flower found under nun's washing machine

A rarely seen Buddhist flower, which blossoms every 3,000 years, has been discovered under a nun's washing machine

Published: 1:33PM GMT 01 Mar 2010

Rarely seen Buddhist Udumbara flowers, which blossom every 3,000 years, was found under a washing machine in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi province, China Photo: REX
The Udumbara flower was found in the home of a Chinese nun in Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi province, China.

The rare Youtan Poluo or Udumbara flower, which, according to Buddhist legend, only blooms every 3,000 years, measures just 1mm in diametre.

Miao Wei, 50, was cleaning when she discovered the cluster of white flowers under the washing machine.

At first she thought the barely-there stems were worm eggs, however, the next day she discovered that the stems had grown 18 white tiny flowers on top and smelled "fragrant".

GranOfOzRubySlippers

GranOfOzRubySlippers Report 4 Mar 2010 09:28

Hi Liz, I checked out this amazing flower and found that they have also had 18 sightings of this rare blooming in Korea. It also grows in very strange places.

Gail

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond

Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 4 Mar 2010 17:31

I will have to have a look at it Gail, thanks
Fancy having flowers grow under your washingmachine, it must be outside or in a shelter or something.

Lizx