Plant that has lived for almost 50 years, although not a drop of water

An Englishman named David Latimer starts growing a plant in a giant glass lantern / terrarium in 1960.

Until 1972, it grows the plant in this phantom, and in 1972 it closes its cover only once and waters it completely.

Since 1960, the only exception is this plant, which is completely enclosed except in this water, which was given in 1972, and has been living in this closed environment as a fixed ecosystem for more than 50 years.

The bacteria in the soil meet the plant’s need for photosynthesis by digesting the pieces that die from the plant and producing carbon dioxide from oxygen.

Thus, the plant continues to live by meeting its own needs, except for the sun taken from the outside.

Source: boredpanda.com