Saturday 16 November 2019

I Remember Seeing One Of These,

as a kid,


 and I have just stumbled on videographer Sean Steininger video of one or two opening,

 it is a Rose of Jericho (Selaginella lepidophylla) which is a species of desert moss that has the amazing ability to ‘resurrect’ itself after bouts of extreme dehydration lasting months or even years,

after just a few hours of exposure to moisture the plants burst to life, uncurling from a tight ball of dry leaves to a green flower-like shape, videographer Sean Steininger shot this timelapse of several plants as he exposed them to water,

and here is the video, as it happens you can buy these in the UK, here is just one of many advertisements for them, what a strange plant.


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