Photo of N'tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis) uploaded by jmorth

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Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2012-02-22
Welwitschia mirabilis - Each plant of this truly odd species supp
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-05-20
Welwitschiaceae:  Welwitschia mirabilis - showing signs of new gr
Location: UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens
Date: 2008-07-24
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-15
Welwitschia mirabilis - growth is slow.  In the central cleft the
Location: Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis
Date: 2018-03-31
Plant can live over 1000 years!
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-05-20
Welwitschia mirabilis - this plant, one of two in the collection,
Location: Namibia
Location: Namibia
By Thomas Schoch [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or
Location: Namibia
Location: Namibia
By Schnobby (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/
Location: UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens
Date: 2008-07-24
Location: Botanischer Garten der Universität Basel, bloom male
Date: 2011-07-22
Photo courtesy of: KLEIN Benjamin
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-03-19
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 2011-03-19

By Frank Vincentz (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/f

By cyper (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html),
Location: Atlanta BG
Date: Aug 16
Uploaded by mcvansoest
Location: Female cones of a female Welwitschia plant at Welwitschia Plains, Erongo Region, Namibia. The plants are dioecious, i.e. either male or female, and the winged seeds develop inside the female cones. This plant's cones are about ripe, and some of them are beginning to shed their seeds.
Date: 2007-07-25
Photo courtesy of: © Hans Hillewaert
Location: Male Welwitchia Mirabilis in Petrified Forest in Namibia
Date: 2014-12-28
Photo courtesy of: Luxil
Location: Welwitschia mirabilis male (Namibia)
Date: 2008-08-10
Photo courtesy of: Zigomar
Location: Namibia. Plant (male) and human (female) for size comparison
Photo courtesy of: Thomas Schoch
Location: A seed of Welwitschia mirabilis. Diameter is 20mm
Photo courtesy of: Amada44
Location: Jena Botanical Garden, Germany.
Date: 2006-08-24
By cyper (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html),
Location: Welwitschia mirabilis female (Namibia)
Date: 2014-12-28
Photo courtesy of: Zigomar

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