Jouan & Rius / Welwitschia (Welwitchia mirabilis), Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female cones, Namib Desert, Namibia

Emanuele Biggi / Welwitschia bugs (Probergrothius angolensis) feeding on the plant's sap, Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) Swakopmund, Namibia

Lucas Bustamante / Welwitschia true bug (Probergrothius angolensis) on female Welwitschia / Tree tumbo (Welwitschia mirabilis) with cones, Swakopmund, Erongo, Namibia.

Emanuele Biggi / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female plant with cones at sunset, Namib Naukluft National Park, Swakopmund, Namibia.

Ingo Arndt / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} Namib Naukluft NP, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} Namib Naukluft NP, Namibia

Adrian Davies / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) Namib Desert, Namibia

Jen Guyton / Desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) male at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. Unlike most modern plants they're dioecious, which means that there are male plants and female pla...

Jen Guyton / Male cones of the desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. These are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more...

Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at night, Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia. They are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 20...

Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at night, Swakopmund, Namib Desert, NamibiaThey are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2000...

Jen Guyton / The desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) at sunset near Swakopmund, Namibia. These species are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2...

Jen Guyton / Cones of a female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia. They are among the most ancient organisms on the planet: some individuals might be more than 2000 years...

Jen Guyton / Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm over a desert endemic Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) near Swakopmund, Namib Desert, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) endemic to Namibia, Namib Desert

Vincent Grafhorst / Welwitschia Weevil(Odontopus sexpunctatus) and nymphs on Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) cone, Namib Desert, Namibia

Vincent Grafhorst / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) plants, Namib Desert, Namibia

Chris Mattison / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) growing among tree fossils in the Petrified Forest, Namibia.

Chris Mattison / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) growing among tree fossils in the Petrified Forest, Namibia.

Ann & Steve Toon / Hartmann's mountain zebra, (Equus zebra hartmannae), feeding on Welwitschia mirabilis, Kunene region, Namibia, Africa, May

Ann & Steve Toon / Female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis), cones in flower, Kunene region, Namibia, Africa, May

Ann & Steve Toon / Female Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) Kunene region, Namibia, Africa, May

Jack Dykinga / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) abstract view of the broad leafed vascular plant living as long as one thousand years. Rare and native to Namibia, this plants blades display differing coloration a...

Chris Gomersall / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) male plant, Damaraland, Namibia, November

Juan Carlos Munoz / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} growing in Namib desert, Swakopmund, Namibia, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} growing in Namib desert, Swakopmund, Namibia, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} growing in Namib desert, Swakopmund, Namibia, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} growing in Namib desert, Swakopmund, Namibia, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} growing in Namib desert, Swakopmund, Namibia, August 2008

Juan Carlos Munoz / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} growing in Namib desert, Swakopmund, Namibia, August 2008

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) growing on edge of dry river bed, an endemic species, Namib Desert, Namibia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) male, an endemic species, Namib Desert, Namibia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female with cones, an endemic species, Namib Desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Female Welwitschia (Welwitchia mirabilis) cones, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Male Welwitschia plant (Welwitchia mirabilis), Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Female Welwitschia (Welwitchia mirabilis) cones, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Male Welwitschia plant (Welwitchia mirabilis), Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Female Welwitschia (Welwitchia mirabilis) cones, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Female Welwitschia (Welwitchia mirabilis) cones, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Jouan & Rius / Male Welwitschia (Welwitchia mirabilis) flowers, Namib Naukluft NP, Namib desert, Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) plant, Namib Desert, Namibia

Martin Gabriel / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} with female flowers. Namib desert, Namibia

Jose B. Ruiz / Welwitschia plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} in protected cage, Namib Naukluft desert Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) on Welwitchia (Welwitchia mirabilis) inflating body and darkening skin to warm up, Namib Desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Namaqua Chameleon (Chamaeleo namaquensis) on Welwitchia (Welwitchia mirabilis) inflating body and darkening skin to warm up, Namib Desert, Namibia

Pete Oxford / Welwitschia bugs mating (Probergrothius sexpunctatis) Namib desert, Namibia

Ingo Arndt / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) plant growing in arid landscape, Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Welwitschia bugs {Probergrothius sexpunctatus} on Welwitschia flowers, Namibia

Gerry Ellis / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) single plant in desert, Damaraland, Namibia

Gerry Ellis / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) growing in arid desert, Damaraland, Namibia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) and sunset, Namib Desert, Damaraland, Namibia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) male cones, Namib Desert, Namibia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female cones with mating bugs, Namib Desert, Namibia

Paul Hobson / Welwitschia, male plant {Welwitschia mirabilis} Namibia

Paul Hobson / Welwitschia, female cones {Welwitschia mirabilis} Namibia

Peter Blackwell / Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis), two leaves only, Namibian desert, Namibia, Southern Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) by fossilised log. Petrified Forest, Namibian desert, Namibia, Southern Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Welwitschia plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) two leaves only. Namib Naukluft desert, Namibia, Southern Africa

Jose B. Ruiz / Welwitschia plant, Namib Naukluft desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female cones, Namib Desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / True Bug (Probergrothius sexpunctatus) pair mating on Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female cone, Namib Desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female cones, Namib Desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / True Bug (Probergrothius sexpunctatus) group feeding on Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female cones, Namib Desert, Namibia

Piotr Naskrecki / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis), Namib Desert, Namibia

Emanuele Biggi / Welwitschia (Welwitschia mirabilis) female with cones and a cascade of seeds that will disperse into the wind and will hopefully give birth to new life into the Namib desert, Namibia