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I trust that this forum can provide more examples.  Unfortunately the response from the Facebook groups has been very poor.

Updated whenever new information is available.

 

Public Displays of Ant-Plants.

Australia. Australian National Botanic Gardens, Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Myrmecodia beccarii is on display along with native humus impounding ferns in the epiphyte house.

http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/glasshouse/display.html

 

Australia. Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. New South Wales, Australia. Three separate gardens.

http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/plant_info/Plant_databases

Dischidia bengalensis, D. hirsuta, D. imbricata, D. major, D. melanesica, D. nummularia. D. ovata. D. ruscifolia, Dischidia sp. Drynaria quercifolia, D. rigidula, Hoya darwinii, H. lacunosa, Myrmecodia beccarii, M. tuberosa “muelleri” (as M. muelleri), Myrmecodia sp., Myrmecophila tibicinis (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rolfe; however, this may very well be M. christinae a newly described myrmecodomic orchid. Lecanopteris sinuosa (as Myrmecopteris sinuosa.)

 

Australia. Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens. Victoria. Myrmecodia beccarii. http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/dbpages/rbgcensus/index.php/census/species_detail/13632

 

Australia. Cairns Botanical Gardens, North Queensland. Has Dischidia nummularia & Myrmecodia beccarii growing naturally and many more specimens can be seen au naturel in the mangrove forest from the nearby Airport Avenue boardwalks. But do not touch there are hidden cameras.

 

Belgium, Botanic Gardens Meise, has Dischidia, Hydnophytum, Lecanopteris, Tillandsia and some terrestrial species. http://www.br.fgov.be/PUBLIC/GENERAL/index.php.

http://www.br.fgov.be/PUBLIC/GENERAL/EDUCATION/EDUCATIONFR/infoblad_mierenplantenfr.html.

 

Czech Republic. Liberec Botanical Gardens, probably has a few species. http://www.botaniliberec.cz/angl-index.php

 

Denmark, Copenhagen Botanical Garden has Myrmecodia tuberosa and a Dischidia species. http://botanik.snm.ku.dk/english/

 

France. Nancy Botanical Garden. Aechmea longifolia, Aglaomorpha spp. Anthurium gracile & A. obtusum. Columnea crassifolia, Dischidia astephana, D. vidalii, & D. major, Disocactus amazonicus, Drynaria spp., Elaphoglossum luridum, Grammatophyllum martae, Hydnophytum spp., Lecanopteris spp., Markea coccinea, Microgramma megalophylla, Monolena primuliflora, Myrmecodia spp., Myrmecophila spp., Peperomia macrostachya, Philodendron melinonii, Tillandsia bulbosa, T. butzii, T. intermedia, T. paucifolia, T. pseudobaileyi, & T. seleriana.

Some of these plants are grown in an artificial South American ant garden and there are some myrmecophytic trees (Acacia caven, Cecropia glaziovii, Coccoloba uvifera, Cordia dichotoma & Maieta guianensis.

http://www.bgci.org/garden.php?id=191

 

France. Lyon Botanical Garden. A small presentation with some Dischidia, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, Monolena primuliflora & Turnera ulmifolia. http://www.jardin-botanique-lyon.com/jbot/

 

Germany, Berlin Botanical Garden. Probably has some. http://www.bgbm.org/en/home

 

Germany. Hesse, Frankfurt Palmengarten. Has a large Hydnophytum moseleyanum incorrectly labelled as H. formicarum. http://www.palmengarten.de/#/de_DE/index/index

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmengarten

 

Germany, Saxony, Dresden Botanical Garden, has at least one Myrmecodia platytyrea. http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Myrmecodia_platytyrea_02.jpg

http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/zentrale_einrichtungen/bg.

 

Indonesia, Java Island, Bogor Botanic Gardens (Kebon Raya Bogor) once called Buitenzorg grows the new Hoya undulata and very probably many other myrmecophytes. Any reports please.

www.bogorbotanicgardens.org/

https://en.wikipedia...tanical_Gardens.

http://www.indonesia...tanical-gardens

 

Japan, Kochi Prefecture, Makino Botanical Gardens. http://www.makino.or.../index_e.html. Probably has myrmecophytes in its conservatory.

 

Netherlands. Hortus Botanicus, Leiden Botanical Garden. http://www.hortusleiden.nl/index.php/english/the_collection/

Hydnophytum formicarum, H. moseleyanum, Lecanopteris celebica and L. deparioides and a number of undocumented specimens.

 

New Zealand.  Due to its location relatively near to many myrmecophyte habitats in the Southwest Pacific and Malesia, we should be a world leader.  Sadly there are none to be seen here.

 

Singapore Botanic Gardens. Has the new (2014) myrmecophyte species, Hoya undulata.

 

South Africa. North-West University (NWU) Botanical Garden, Potchefstroom Campus, North West Province. The Garden spans just under three hectares and is open to the public. Hydnophytum formicarum is on display. http://www.nwu.ac.za/content/botanical-garden-index-0

 

Switzerland, Die Sukkulenten-Sammlung, Zürich. Has a few common myrmecodomic species. https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/sukkulenten#

 

United Kingdom. Bristol Zoo. This is in the southwest and has at least one Myrmecodia specimen on display in the reptile house. http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/

 

United Kingdom, Chester Zoo, which is in the north near Manchester and Liverpool, has some myrmecophytes. http://www.chesterzoo.org/

 

United Kingdom. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Probably has a myrmecophyte collection. http://www.kew.org/

 

United Kingdom, Scotland, Royal Botanical Gardens Edinburgh, Hydnophytum sp. Philippines, Hydnophytum sp. Indonesia 2002, Hydnophytum formicarum, Myrmecodia sp. Indonesia, Myrmecodia platytyrea, and some Lecanopteris spp. http://www.rbge.org.uk/

 

United Kingdom. The University of Cambridge Botanical Garden may still have an Anthorrhiza sp. in its collection; perhaps the only example in the world. http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/Botanic/Home.aspx

 

USA. California, Los Angeles: Huntington Botanical Garden (and library) has them in the back greenhouses.  One may acquire tickets for occasional behind the scene tours. http://www.huntington.org/

 

USA. California, Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden in historic Rancho Santa Anita, Los Angeles County, has at least one Myrmecodia on display. http://www.arboretum.org/

 

USA. California, Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA.) Has a good collection of myrmecophytes on display, many donated by Frank Omilian.

http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/

 

USA. Florida, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens specialises in epiphytes and maintains an off-exhibit collection of ant-plants. http://www.selby.org/

 

USA. Georgia, Atlanta Botanical Garden. “Has a few ant plants.” http://atlantabg.org/

 

USA. Massachusetts, The Botanic Garden of Smith College. Northampton, MA 01063, has Dischidia, Hydnophytum, Lecanopteris and Myrmecodia. Seed/spores are occasionally sold.

http://www.smith.edu/garden/

 

USA. Texas, Houston Museum of Natural science, Cockrell Butterfly Center has a few ant plants such as Hydnophytum formicarum. http://blog.hmns.org/tag/myrmecophytes/.

 

Edited in order to conform with the obvious choice herein for double spacing.

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Hi Derrick,

 

I know at least two examples in France, include where I work: I speak for myself!

 

France: Nancy Botanical Garden. One artificial tree cover by different antplants. Some Hydnophytum and Myrmecodia are represented, but also Dischidia astephana, D. vidalii, D. major, ant-Tillansia (  T. bulbosa, T. pseudobaileyi, T. seleriana, T. butsii, T. paucifolia, T. intermedia  ...), Monolaena primuliflora, some ant-associated ferns like a few  Lecanopteris ,   Microgramma  megalophylla, Drynaria a nd Aglaomorpha. We also include ant-orchids : Grammatophyllum martae and Myrmecophila spp., some ant-associated Araceae: Philodendron melinonii, Anthurium gracile, A. obtusum. The tree wear also an artificial ant garden, which include typical vegetation of south american ant-garden: Elaphoglossum luridum, Anthurium gracile, Disocactus amazonicus, Aechmea longifolia, Markea coccinea, Anthurium gracile, Peperomia macrostachya and Columnea crassifolia.

This greenhouse present also myrmecophyletic trees, as Cecropia glaziovii, Cordia dichotoma, Coccoloba uvifera, Maieta guianensis and Acacia caven.

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France: Lyon Botanical Garden. A small presentation with some Dischidia, Myrmecodia, Hydnophytum, Monolaena primuliflora, Turnera ulmifolia.

 

Germany: Frankfurt Palmengarten. A beautifull Hydnophytum moseleyanum (sadly labelled "Hydnophytum formicarum"), certainly the biggest I have ever seen. They had a lot of Hydnophytum & Myrmecodia by the past (most of our collections came from there), but as I see, only one plant survive.

 

Netherlands: Leiden Botanical Garden. I never visit it, but this garden is really famous for its collections of ant-plants. Maybe Marcel can speak about it?

 

That's all I know...

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Leiden Botanical Garden (Hortus Botanicus) . Marcel has posted some photos of their ant-plant collection, so it is possible to provide a few names such as Hydnophytum formicarum, H. moseleyanum, Lecanopteris celebica and L. deparioides.  A number of specimens seem to be unnamed.

See: "some-pictures-from-the-hortus-botanicus-leiden" in the ant-plants in cultivation forum.

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Bonjour

 

Many French gardens, present these plants, but often with only a few copies (for the present plant-ant symbiosis).

Nothing to do with the Leiden which for me is one of the most complete, although some specimens are not determined (the Netherlands that were even with the Great britain 2 main colonial powers in the region)

 

jeff

 
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As our world wide membership grows, it should provide ever more opportunities to provide feedback regarding YOUR national/regional displays of myrmecophytes. In other words opportunities for many more members to give something back to this community. 

  Over the course of 2015 make an effort to research and visit any 'local' venues to photograph and record names of species on display and of course report back.

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Yes, too bad some of the plants only have collection numbers. I think just nobody so far had the time to sort them all out. Leiden has always done most work in Orchids and Nepenthes. Also, I didn't take pictures of every specimen as I was just trying out my new camera.

Next time aroun I'll see if I can find out more.

They do have a nice information panel with the plants.

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Bonjour

 

Many of these plants are not well known, it is even difficult to put a name to some, due to a defect of documents, herbaria, and especially photographs or drawings, Delegates from the morphological characters of each.

  there are also a lot of synonyms, so watch the name you will find

Another very important point, often the lack of traceability.

jeff

 
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United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, Live Collections. http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/bgbase/livcol/bgbaselivcol.php

These gardens have hydnophytums and myrmecodias and some are wild collected, so may be particularly interesting (new?) species.

Has anyone visited RHS Wisley? https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley/plan-your-visit.

Or Cambridge Botanic Gardens.  http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/Botanic/Map.aspx.

Or Oxford http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/glasshouses. Our member's inquiries about myrmecophytes at these institutions may prompt future additions to their plant collections

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The link Derrick just provided to the Edinburgh Botanical Gardens (thanks Derrick) has a search option for the "Living Collection" at the EBG.

 

Rubiaceous ant-plant folklore has long said that the only specimen of Anthorrhiza in cultivation is being grown at Edinburgh, but it never produces fruits.  However, their search engine for the "living collection" returns "no entry" for Anthorrhiza.  Anyone have information or insight concerning an Anthorrhiza at Edinburgh?

 

The search engine does say they have collected material of Myrmephytum arfakianum

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Hello Frank. This is from my book. "They (Anthorrhiza) are all extremely rare in cultivation but Dr Nicholas Plummer records one Anthorrhiza specimen on display at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Oxford, England." However, it is some years since he saw the specimen and a request in one of the ant-plant forums (Facebook from memory) for a modern confirmation that the specimen is still alive failed to get a response. 

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United Kingdom, Scotland, Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, Live Collections. http://elmer.rbge.org.uk/bgbase/livcol/bgbaselivcol.php

These gardens have hydnophytums and myrmecodias and some are wild collected, so may be particularly interesting (new?) species.

Has anyone visited RHS Wisley? https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley/plan-your-visit.

Or Cambridge Botanic Gardens.  http://www.botanic.cam.ac.uk/Botanic/Map.aspx.

Or Oxford http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/glasshouses. Our member's inquiries about myrmecophytes at these institutions may prompt future additions to their plant collections

 

Hi,

 

I've work at RBGE in 2008. They have really nice collections of alpine plants, chinese plants, Ericaeae, Gesneriaceae, Orchidaceae. But they only grow Myrmecodia platytyrea and Hydnophytum formicarum.

 

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I've seen also nice Platycerium and Lecanopteris:

 

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I have their Catalogue of Plants 2006 at home. In Rubiaceae section, I see (for myrmecophytes):

 

 Hydnophytum  sp. Philippines 1992

 Hydnophytum  sp. Indonesia 2002

 Hydnophytum  formicarum 1971 

Myrmecodia sp. Indonesia 2002

Myrmecodia platytyrea 1974

 

They do not notice any Anthorhiza, Myrmephytum nor Squamellaria. Perhaps they obtain another plants till 2008...

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Hi,

Germany, Saxony, Dresden Botanical Garden, has at least one Myrmecodia platytyrea.

http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fil:Myrmecodia_platytyrea_02.jpg

http://tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/zentrale_einrichtungen/bg

 

Derrick, are you sure that the Myrmecodia depicted here is really M. platytyrea? It look like M. tuberosa for me...

 

All the best

 

Aurélien

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Hello Aurelien, the only thing I am sure about is that it is a Myrmecodia but the actual species eludes me. If it is M. tuberosa, it is probably one of the South East Asian 'forms' that I am not familiar with, but of course are available commercially in Europe and USA etc.   

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Germany:

Munich Nymphenburg Botanical Gardens have at least some bigger H.formicarum on cork bark on their showcase greenhouses.

 

Berlin Dahlem Botanical Gardens have H.formicarum and M.tuberosa. Maybe more, but i can't remember others.

 

Brunswick Botanical Gardens have one bigger M.armata (according to lable) on showcase and some H.formicarum in the closed ochid section.

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