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A prehistoric evergreen that keeps coming back to life!
The Amazing Dinosaur Plant from DuneCraft, Inc. is one of the longest living plants in the world! We understand that this plant actually lived when the first dinosaurs emerged. At that time, this plant would grow to over 120 feet, taller than even a Tyrannosaurus Rex!
- Begins to grow in one day! Unconditionally guaranteed to grow!
- Can "sleep" for fifty years and spring back to life in one day!
- Take the plant out of its home for days, months, even years-then give it water, and it will ROAR back to life!
When the ice age came, the Dinosaur Plant had to mutate and get really small. In order to survive, it learned how to blow onto dry land and sleep, waiting for water. Usually the plant drifted around until it stumbled into a puddle. Then the plant "drank" greedily, and went back sleep until it found the next puddle.
This plant is very easy to care for. All it needs is a little water and some occasional sleep. Simply place the plant in its bowl with New Mexico lava rock (included), pour some water on the plant and it will spring to life within one day! If you let it dry out, it will shrink back to its sleeping state. It can sleep for up to fifty years and will still rise when you place it in water! A fun project for the entire family to enjoy! Ages 4 and up.
Kit Includes...
- Clear plastic bowl
- Bag of New Mexico lava rocks
- Dinosaur Plant
What you’ll need to get...
- Cup or glass
- Water
- Sunlight
Bring me back to life!...
- Remove the New Mexico lava rocks from the bag and place them in the bowl.
- Arrange the rocks in a circle, making a hole in the center.
- Fill your cup with water, dunk me several times in the water, and place me in the center of the lava rocks with my roots down.
- Pour enough water into the bowl to cover my roots.
- Watch me spring to life and grow right before your eyes! If you look closely, you may even be able to see me move! Listen, and you might hear my fibers expanding. I’ll be fully awake in just three hours.
Interesting facts from miscellaneous sources...
- Also known as the Resurrection Plant, Rose of Jericho, Siempre Viva, Flor de Piedra, Doradilla and the Flower of rock.
- Native to Mexico and Texas in desert and semi-desert regions.
- Can curl up into a tight ball when dry so the wind can easily roll it to a new location, hopefully closer to moisture.
- Sold in Mexican markets for use as a diuretic.
- Is made into absorptive powder in the pharmaceutical industry.
- Can survive in a dry habitat where water is available only occasionally.
- Needs dry periods which keep it small.
- Is used in Christmas decorations.
- Turns red-brown or gray-green with age and produces dense tufts.
- Grow to be about 4 inches.
- Has hygroscopic qualities which causes it to curl up when dry and unfold when moist.
- Retains 3% of its water when dehydrated.
- Is used in fireworks.
- The root system is very extensive and the leaves and stems can uptake water directly.
- Has specialized fluid-conducting tissues, which help to quickly hydrate itself.
- Is being researched so that its genes can be transferred into crop plants such as rice, wheat, and maize to make them more resistant to drought.
- This one-of-a-kind marvel has lived on the Earth for over 290 million years and has the ability to "come back to life" over and over again for hundreds of years!
- Place this seemingly dead ball of foliage in water and within hours it transforms into a vibrant green evergreen! Let it dry out and it will return to its original dried-up state. This fantastic specimen can hibernate for up to fifty years and will spring to life every time it is given water.
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