The purple-yellow ananuca is among 200 species of flowers that can bloom in harsh environments, where rainfall averages just 0.01 centimeters per year.
Vibrant purple and yellow flowers bloom in the Atacama Desert as part of an irregular “desert bloom” phenomenon in northern Chile. The seeds endure the extremely dry weather of the Atacama Desert for many years until they accumulate enough water and flower in the spring.
In this case, the flower seed can lie dormant in the soil for decades waiting for the necessary rainfall to resurrect.
According to Andrea Loaiza, the ecosystem is “very fragile because it’s already at its limit”, revealing that “any disruption could disrupt that balance”.
“To adapt to the climate crisis, we need to understand natural processes. We want to learn from plants like this flower, which exhibit these mechanisms,” said geneticist Andres Zurita. different adaptations”.
Conservationists are working, figuring out ways to protect the area from explorers who drive deep into the desert to witness the rare event with their own eyes. Some plant traders purposely target this rare flower that affects growth and too much traffic in the area which would confuse the terrain.
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