Welwitschia mirabilis (Hook E) – The Amateurs’ Digest Archive

Notes on Growing Welwitschia mirabilis (Hook. E) from Seed

Posted on May 28, 2022June 5, 2023 by Admin_TADA

Welwitschia mirabilis is a unique, tap-rooted plant from the Namib desert in the south-west of Africa. Because of its rarity and tap-rooted (non-clustering) nature, the only practical method of propagation is by seed.

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