Namibia’s floral resources are under increasing threat due to economic development, climate change and unscrupulous trading in rare specimens. Our job at the DBGN is to show the public how diverse and rich our desert-adapted floral kingdom is, and just how precious it is, too. At the DBGN visitors are able to experience the Namibia’s floral resources are under increasing threat due to economic development, climate change and unscrupulous trading in rare specimens. Our job at the DBGN is to show the public how diverse and rich our desert-adapted floral kingdom is, and just how precious it is, too. At the DBGN visitors are able to experience the collections up close in a spectacular setting that perfectly highlights Namibia’s unspoiled beauty. Our corner of the globe is remarkable for many reasons, among them because of the way that our biodiversity has had to develop in order to thrive in some of the harshest conditions on earth.

 

As a result, these desert-adapted plants have a delicacy and beauty that is uniquely theirs, one that seemingly defies the extreme landscape to which they are native.

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We are developing a field guide, but would like to share some of our collection.