Lion with welwitschia mirabilis + sinningias
Comm’d by @/IRJakkob

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and for those curious, Welwitschia mirabilis is a beautiful plant native to Namibia, specifically the Namib desert where many of them have been growing for well over 1,000 years. Its also part of Namibia's coat of arms above its motto :)

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This expressive 19th Century illustration of a Welwitschia by Walter Hood Fitch was presented to a roundtable discussion at a recent research networking event held for The Philosophical Life of Plants Project.

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오늘의 기상천외한 식물
welwitschia mirabilis
당연함 한국 이름으로 '기상천외'임.

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Felicidades botánicas a todo el mundo con una Welwitschia mirabilis, planta endémica del desierto de Namibia

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Among the many taxa Hooker described, one of the most famous is mirabilis. Here is one of the illustrations from the paper describing the species (Hooker, 1862, Trans. Linn.Soc. 24: 1–48; https://t.co/kCsNEKNLzB).

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Welwitschia from Flip Flappers

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Words can’t describe what today was like... I saw Welwitschia in the field ❤️

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PROGRESS ON GOTH PLANT GF BLACK MAGIC she is long distance gfs with Welwitschia

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welwitschia mirabilis ウェルウィッチア、和名サバクオモト(砂漠万年青)。以前にもツイートしたけれどアフリカ ナミブ砂漠に分布する植物。一対のみの葉を伸ばし続け、その長さは8mに及ぶ個体もある。生きている化石と評されるほど原始的植物のようだ。京都府立植物園などでも栽培されている。

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Joseph Hooker's 200th birthday - the beautiful illustration of Welwitschia in his 1862 paper describing the genus

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