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Evolution
Garden This garden
is a shop case of the different states of plant evolvement, which
occurred 4.5 billion years ago. Learn how life on earth began. From
a lifeless era of volcanic activities, earthquake and electrical
storms in the beginning of earth’s history, you will with
through exhibits, taking you through from the earliest life forms’
the Stromatolits, Algae, Mosses, Fern, Cycads, Conifers and to the
modern-day plants.
There is also a model of Dinosaur, ‘feeding’ on plants
that had evolved some 60-120 million years ago.
In this garden, there are also sections showing how plants have
adapted to living in different environments, such as salt tolerant
plants on seashores, in wetlands, growing along fast flowing streams,
on ponds and on limestone. See the Giant Water lily (Victoria
amazonica) with it’s broad leaf, which can carry an object
up to 30 kg of weight and the Giant Aristolochia (Aristolochia
grandiflora) with it giant flower.
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