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What would you say the plant version of a beast is? Thank you.
ive mulled this over for a few days now because its like, i can either answer what i think the plant equivalent of the term 'beast' is or what plant i think embodies the term 'beast' the best, but in the end for both of them... i think welwitchia mirabalis
ive talked about these before, would give context but theres really not much to give. native to namibia and angola. can get to be a couple thousand years old. all the leaves are actually just two leaves that grow endlessly from the base and get shredded into strips that go everywhere over the plant's lifetime, so for instance the dying brown ends in this pic are significantly older than the newly-grown parts of the same leaf at the base. each plant is either male or female and makes funky cones to match. this one is 13 feet in diameter. looks like a pile of something. what are you gonna do
#welwitschia#thinking about her tonight......definitely like. a Beast you know#not in a bad way. just in a definitive way#plont asks
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Photos from the UW Greenhouse! They're open every Thursday (10am-4pm) or 2nd and 4th Saturday (10am-2pm). A friend wanted to show it to me when I moved here but it had just started construction and it just reopened this year! I got today off and decided to use it to see it for the first time.
Eulophia petersii, a desert-living orchid.
Welwitschia mirabilis, a desert conifer that keeps the same continually growing leaves for its long life.
Dioscorea elephantipes, which is the largest species of yam I'm currently aware of.
Some Pinguicula in flower.
Sinningia leuchotricha! I didn't realize these could get so big! These are cool members of the African violet family which have the softest, fuzziest leaves.
A huge Nepenthes pitcher.
Cordyline fruticosa
Lecanopteris deparioides, a fern with a weird blobby base! Apparently it houses ants to protect itself.
Hibiscus schizopetalus, the weirdest Hibiscus I have ever seen.
#plants#plantblr#seattle#succulents#hibiscus#eulophia#lecanopteris#cordyline#nepenthes#sinningia#pinguicula#welwitschia#dioscorea#flowers
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This was really, really cool to see - a Welwitschia mirabilis with strobili!
Not my plant but damn do I wish.
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What fursona would you pick if it had to be a xerophyte?
You can make the two enormous strap leaves into twintails. Like miku.
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Welwitschia
By: Unknown photographer
From: WWF Nature in Danger Stickers
1987
#i'll try not to post too many plants but. when i see welwitschia i lose all self-control#welwitschia#plant#1987#1980s#WWF Nature in Danger Stickers
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Welwitschia VII: Botanical Conservatory. UD Davis, 11-07-19.
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Welwitschia - Namibia, 2022
#picofthenight#travel#namibia#original photographers#photographers on tumblr#flora#plant life#welwitschia#nature#nature photography#photoofthenight#botany
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Finished up the gymnosperms in my plant bio class!
1: Sugar and coulter pine cones/megastrobili from out west
2: Voyage to Namibia with the one, the only Welwitschia mirabilis. It's a weird ancient plant with two leaves that just keep growing indefinitely as it hangs out in the desert for ~2000 years.
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The #welwitschiamirabilis aka #welwitschia is endemic to the Namib desert .. so many theories surround this plant & I continue to learn more .. #tourguideonduty #wilsonchifike #travelexpert #visitAfrica (at Damaraland, Namibia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeEw-8wDYJA3Rz11uVrrBo8xooobI73NZm-3q00/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Welwitschia :) drawing class went down to the greenhouses and I drew this guy - one of my favorite plants. a very special little gnetum... a special gnetum indeed... <3
was surprised to find how much I like working in ink compared to pencil...!
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Uruguay venció a sus nervios y a Namibia
Los Teros dieron vuelta el partido, se impusieron por 36-26 y lograron la 1° victoria en #RWC2023. La crónica en #GarraAFondo
Fotos @WorldRugby
@TerosXV #LosTeros
#Rugby #rugbyworldcup #rugbyworldcup2023
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April 1, 2023 - Day 95
Walvis Bay, Namibia, South West Africa
We arrived in Walvis Bay on May 31st and spent 2 days in this delightful place. It is so much different from the other places we visited in West Africa that it is difficult to explain. The place only has 85,000 inhabitants but it is modern and clean with no evidence of the extensive poverty observed in the other West Africa places we visited. Namibia was a German colony but everyone spoke English as well as a language they called Afrikaans which is a mixture of Germany and Dutch. Walvis Bay is situated on a huge bay that is apparently used as a storage yard for ships and drilling rigs not in use.
On the first day we just visited the town and a large brand new very modern shopping mall. The natives had set up a bazaar on the side walk outside the pier’s gates and I found some raw Lapis and turquoise that was being sold by a native 30 year old Ovahimba woman in her native dress. I bought the stones for ten dollars and she let me take a photo. It is a beautiful image but I don’t think I can post it because she is bare breasted. There is very little water in Namibia and she told me she has never taken a bath but rubs her body with sand to keep herself clean.
On the second day I took a 4 wheel drive tour out to a place called Moon Valley. On the drive out we passed through some of the most desolate countryside I have ever seen. Pure desert pavement with huge dunes. The driver told us the dunes move about three meters a year. The Japanese tried to build a rail line through the desert in 1927 and it was covered with sand in two years so was abandoned. There were two big water lines that were along the road that go out to two Uranium mines owned by the Chinese and Australians. After a drive of about 50 miles we got to Moon Valley which is part of two National Parks and it is a Geologist delight. Large fully exposed weathered granite peaks covered with lava intrusions with very little vegetation on them. Much like the badlands of South Dakota but made out of granite instead of sandstone. The only vegetation was lichens. Over 60 species of lichens have been identified living in the region. There was also a very rare plant called Welwitschia mirabilis that is only found in the wild in Namibia. I put a photo of both the male and female plant below.
We stopped and had lunch at a place called Goanikontes Oasis which was an old Germany plantation first settled in 1849. It is now a resort and camp on the Swakopmund River right in the middle of the Namib Naukluft and Dorob National Parks Moon Valley. It would be fun to go and stay at the camp for awhile. The land scape is amazing and apparently there is a lot of African wildlife early and late in the day. We then visited the town of Swakopmund which is a beach resort about 15 miles North if Walvis Bay. It is full of beautiful old German colonial architecture that has been well maintained and preserved. It was founded in 1892 as the main harbor for German South West Africa. Finally we visited a large sand dune called Dine 5 where you could ride a dune buggy.
The whole area around Walvis Bay is a desert but after being in other West Africa nations for the past two week this place was a real delight.
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Got to meet some celebrities!! I’ve never seen Welwitschia irl before now!!
(UW Greenhouse reopened and I got to see it for the first time since I got today off. Photos incoming!)
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contributing to the 2023 klance renaissance by posting bizarre and entirely self-serving fic
#I like to call this game gimme these guys I’m putting them in situations#klance#if you see me on my bizarro bullshit… let me just say I’m sorry#the fic will eventually make sense but maybe not for like idk 6 or 7 chapters LOL#welwitschia au
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