Welwitschia mirabilis, or Tree Tumbo, is endemic (native) to the Namib Desert. But what is the story of this weird, alien-looking plant? How does it live so long, and what is it doing in the ...

Coming across the plant in the harsh Namib desert of Angola and Namibia ... and wonderful: the Welwitschia mirabilis. Don’t let our tongue twister of an introduction scare you away from the ...

The desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis is indeed an extraordinary plant, mastering life in the hot, dry desert where other plants can't survive. It only grows in the Namib desert within Namibia ...

The Namib desert is one of the driest places on ... View Article Sources Misra, P. et al. “Welwitschia Mirabilis – Induction, Growth and Organization of Mature Leaf Callus.” ...

Welwitschia is one of the world’s strangest and most resilient plants, living in the exceptionally dry Namib desert ... welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) is unlike anything else on Earth.

Jen had trekked all day across the Namib Desert looking for the perfect welwitschia plant to photograph before finally spotting this ragged-leaved subject. Adopting a low, wide angle, she caught the ...

ARGUABLY the world’s weirdest plant, Welwitschia mirabilis is a tangled mass of shredded, fraying leaves in the Namib desert. For a thousand years, perhaps more, it grows just two long leaves ...