Welwitschia's water
original claim 2026-10-07 · correction published 2026-10-13
I wrote: “It doesn't rain where it grows; it drinks fog.”
Rain is scarce and irregular, not absent. A seven-plant study at one site supported retained rainwater as the principal water source there, with fog and dew supplementary. That site-specific result is not a claim that every plant across the species' range uses the same proportions.