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Older than the dinosaurs and considerably more resilient, this astonishing Lycopodium lepidophyllum plant has been around for 290 million years, which puts us evolutionary infants pretty firmly in our place. Also known as the Resurrection Plant (as well as several other names, such as the Rose of Jericho - we guess you pick up a few nicknames over 290 million years), it's the perfect plant for people who are utterly hopeless at keeping anything green alive. Even a horticulturally challenged herring (and aren't they all) could make this plant thrive.
It's ideal in the office as your desktop plant, as you can forget to water it for 50 years and it will still come back to life when you finally remember! Though if you've been in the job for 50 years please, please, take all your clothes off, run into the street singing 'I Want to Break Free' by Queen, sell all your possessions and move to Ulan Bator to breed camels. You need a break, and we're told that it's challenging and rewarding work.
All the Dinosaur Plant (another of its many names) needs is a slosh of water and a ray of sunshine, and within hours it will transform itself from a shrivelled dried-up ball into a thriving living being (much like some people we know). However un-green your fingers, this miracle plant will still flourish - even if you forget to water it and it shrivels up, you can still resurrect it again and again. It's the ultimate low maintenance plant.
Name: Selaginella lepidophylla
Family: Selaginellaceae
Habitat: Middle East and the Central Americas
Soil: Well drained.
Water: Medium
Sun: Maximum
Thickness: 20 centimetres
Height: 5 centimetres
Flower: No
Reproduction: Spores
Popular names: Resurrection Plant, Rose of Jericho, Siempre Viva, Flor de Piedra, Doradilla, Flower of rock, stone Flower, Magóra (tarahumara), Much-kok (that could be Klingon), Siempreviva
Features
- Dinosaur Plant - can be brought to life in one day
- Will hibernate for up to 50 years until put in water
- No plant experience needed!
- Can be revived and dried out repeatedly
- Dinosaur Plant
- Display/water bowl
- Mexican lava rock
- Plant open approx. 13(diameter) x 3cm
- Plant closed approx. 6(diameter) x 6cm
- Bowl 14 x 5cm
- Rocks - assorted sizes
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Customer Reviews for Dinosaur Plant
I love this plant! I bought this as a gift for a friend who is useless with plants and animals and it is the first thing that has ever survived him. This thing is nigh on invincible! The cockroach of the plant world!
Adam S, Shropshire
I never thought I'd say it but growing plants is cool. I got one of these for last christmas and they really do it. After about an hour of keeping it in water, the leaves unravel and it becomes green. I find it fun keeping it in water for a day or so and then just taking it out and watch it shrivel up.
It really is impossible to kill, well almost!
Sean, Sittingbourne
Just how cool is this??? Perfect for techie friends who need a little greenery to absorb the computer radiation... please somebody buy me one now!!!
Helene, Staines
This is so easy to look after! I have it on my desk at work, I never have to worry about being on holiday or forgetting to water it, and while it doesn't have a flower it's very colourful and brightens up my desk. My plant's name is Gerald.
Simon M, Southampton
Wow - this is like having history in your pocket!!!
Joe W, Plymouth
I love my dinosaur plant! Her name is Audrey (named after Audrey II from 'The Little Shop of Horrors') and she sits on my window sill to keep my cacti company. Audrey woke up really quickly and didn't seem to mind going for a kip when I went on holiday. Awesome.
Sam R, Shepshed
First of all I love the box to this plant - so retro, then there's the plant inside which is really cool - this is a perfect present for anyone who's not so good at looking after plants or too busy to water them, or even a secret santa gift for the old dinosaur in your office!
Amanda Smith, West Midlands
This Rocks. I came home from a hard day of work and I saw this little fella on the side of my desk, well first I thought that the cat was ill but then I realised it was the plant. I keep tryng to kill them but it does not die (trying to burn it tonight). So cool, the ultimate present.
Tom.w., Macclesfield
