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An amazing orange Zinnia flower may have actually found itself born in space. NASA astronaut Scott Kelly has tweeted the image of this wonderful flower that has opened its eyes in the International Space Station.

This flower is the fruit of an experiment in space that can examine how well plants can grow there, even though there is a lack of gravity. This is important to understand how plants can be grown for food in outer space. This is thought of as part of long-term space missions in future, according to scienceworldreport.

It wasn't easy to nurture the plant in space, and Kelly found that it began to wither due to intense humidity and less air flow. Hence, he had to change the manner in which it was taken care of, including making changes in the watering of the plant. While the astronauts grew lettuce successfully, the flower remained more sensitive to its surroundings.

Even as two of the zinnia plants died, two lived. It was on Jan. 8, that Scott Kelly put up an image of tiny buds starting to sprout on them.

It is anticipated that scientists may grow plants in space some day, especially when they try to go out into space for longer missions.