I’ve had this ant plant since 2019. It produces icy blue flowers periodically.
#Myrmecophytes live in close association with ant colonies, providing shelter (and sometimes food) in exchange for defense. See the enlarged stem (caudex) with channels running through it in the last picture.
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More on the mystery #Hydnophytum species at #botanicalGardens #Copenhagen,
without tag.
At first i thought H. moseleyanum -
overlooking that the group might be two species in fact,
one with round leaves (H. moseleyanum?),
one with slimmer elongated leaves (H. formicarum?).
The fruit might shed light.
Although, although ... last picture shows both leaf forms on one plant?
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#Hydnophytum species, perhaps?
moseleyanum?
#Rubiaceae
Part of a group at #botanicalGardens #Copenhagen,
without tag
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#epiphytic #myrmecophytes aka #antplants
I can hardly breathe! I won an auction for a Squamellaria kajewskii from Jay Vannini!! This is a species that has been at the top of my wants list for a long, looonnnnggg time. I paid a just ridiculous amount for it but, you know, that's why I work two jobs and share my living expenses with two other people.
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We've got #germination on the #Myrmecodia sp. "Pink Fruit" #seeds! 😁
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Here is a photograph of *some* of my #myrmecophytes to show how I grow them.
From left to right:
#Lecanopteris holttumii
#Myrmecophila brysiana
#Myrmephytum beccarii “Yellow Fruit”
#Myrmecodia sp. “Pink Fruit”
Myrmecodia pulvinata
#Hydnophytum puffii
#Squamellaria wilsonii
Hydnophytum papaunum
I can hardly breathe! I won an auction for a Squamellaria kajewskii from Jay Vannini!! This is a species that has been at the top of my wants list for a long, looonnnnggg time. I paid a just *ridiculous* amount for it but, you know, that's why I work two jobs and share my living expenses with two other people.
#Squamellaria #Myrmecophyte #Myrmecophytes #AntPlant #AntPlants #AntsInMyPlants #PlantAddict #ILikePlantsMoreThanPeople
We've got #germination on the #Myrmecodia sp. "Pink Fruit" #seeds! 😁
#Plant #Plants #PlantPorn #Seed #Myrmecophyte #Myrmecophytes #ILikePlantsMoreThanPeople
One of my favorite local #nurseries is selling #Myrmecophytes, one of my favorite types of #plants. Unfortunately, only two species are labeled -- #Hydnophytum puffi, which I already have, and #Myrmecodia beccarii, which I'm not that interested in. The other two look like #Myrmephytum beccarii and Hydnophytum papuanum, both of which I already have. Still, though, it is nice to see and hopefully a sign of things to come. They were also next to a tray of various #Sarracenia!
