welwitchias

welwitchia
Originally uploaded by wandering lizard.

These plants are really amazing. They only form 2 leaves, but they are so convoluted and split, that they look line a whole pile of leaves. This area was about 15 minutes drive from Gobabeb. The welwitchias here were grazed by horses about a year and a half ago, so the leaves are all short. Most of the plants seem to have survived, though. It was truly a surreal landscape because above these washes, there was just gravel, with a few tiny blades of grass every few meters.