World oldest potted plant- Kew Gardens.
This huge Jurassic Cyclad botanically called ‘Encephalartos altensteninii’ which grows at 2.5cm a year, was first installed at Kew in 1775 and has outgrown several pots, it was planted in the most recent 25 years ago. It has another 250 years of life left in it and might have to un dergo further „Pot Re-plantation“ within the „Palm House“ of Kew Gardens where it has been growing. It has another 250 years of life left and is a „Ripley’s Believe It“. The ancient cycad was collected in the early 1770s from the Eastern Cape in South Africa by Kew’s first plant hunter, Frances Masson. It was one of 500 species gathered for the botanical gardens during Captain Cook’s second voyage around the globe. Honestly, i am no fan of „Botanical Study’s“ just a „Balcony Gardner“, but, a visit to Kews gardens is advised to any ‘Package tour or backpacker tour“ tourist, just, to witness this amazing tree and the basic concept of growing different types of vegetation under „Controlled artificial climatic conditions“.:-Blogger/Backpacker Rudolph.A.Furtado(Saturday 29-5-2010 at Kew Gardens in London) z
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