@namib_cowboy: Welwitschia mirabilis is one of the strangest and most iconic plants in the Namib Desert. They are among the longest-living plants on Earth. Many individuals are 500-1,000 years old, and some are estimated to exceed 1,500 years. The plant only ever produce 2 leaves that continuously grow from the base. The leaves become split, shredded, and twisted by wind and sand and could reach several meters long over centuries So what looks like many leaves is actually just the two torn into strips. Welwitschia is dioecious, meaning that some plants are male and others are female, they produce cone-like structures like Cycads or Conifers, not flowers like most plants. Pollination is mainly done by insects...

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