Akihiro Ito Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 It looks like epiphytic caminiferum. It was falling in the forest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 beautiful discovery😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Have you checked it against this species. H. davisii Jebb & C. R. Huxley, sp. nov. The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 7: a revision of the genus Hydnophytum, Blumea 64 p52. (2019). With illustration and a member of their West New Guinea group. Holotype, Davis et al. 800, K, isotypes BO, L, MAN. West New Guinea, West Papua Province, Kebar valley, (1995). https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/669947 BO. (Bogor) H. Davis et al. 800 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000761943 BO. H. Davis et al. 800 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000761944 Leiden H. Davis et al 800 http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/L%20%200495915 Leiden, Davis et al, 800 http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/L%20%200495916 Description. Tubers large (to 30x20 cm.), chambered and reminiscent of the amazing terrestrial species H. caminiferum in having chimneyed entrances, yet this species is epiphytic. Branches to 1m. long, flowers sessile in leaf nodes, with an iridescent quality, corolla rich in raphides, perianth in fours, fleshy and fragile. Corolla throats white-hairy, 5 mm across, with yellowish anthers.  Habitat/Range. Mid-montane primary forest on ridge of granites and volcanic sediments. On stunted, 10 m. (33 ft.) leaning Nothofagus (Southern Beech) trees, rooting on the underside of branches in moss. Trail from Andjai to Gunung (Mt.) Nettoti near Base Camp 2, at 1740 m. (5709 ft.) Kebar Valley, Manokwari District, West Papua Province, West New Guinea Island. Infauna. Unknown but no ants recorded.   Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akihiro Ito Posted September 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2019  On 8/6/2019 at 4:52 PM, Derrick said: Have you checked it against this species. H. davisii Jebb & C. R. Huxley, sp. nov. The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 7: a revision of the genus Hydnophytum, Blumea 64 p52. (2019). With illustration and a member of their West New Guinea group. Holotype, Davis et al. 800, K, isotypes BO, L, MAN. West New Guinea, West Papua Province, Kebar valley, (1995). https://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/669947 BO. (Bogor) H. Davis et al. 800 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000761943 BO. H. Davis et al. 800 http://apps.kew.org/herbcat/getImage.do?imageBarcode=K000761944 Leiden H. Davis et al 800 http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/L%20%200495915 Leiden, Davis et al, 800 http://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/L%20%200495916 Description. Tubers large (to 30x20 cm.), chambered and reminiscent of the amazing terrestrial species H. caminiferum in having chimneyed entrances, yet this species is epiphytic. Branches to 1m. long, flowers sessile in leaf nodes, with an iridescent quality, corolla rich in raphides, perianth in fours, fleshy and fragile. Corolla throats white-hairy, 5 mm across, with yellowish anthers.  Habitat/Range. Mid-montane primary forest on ridge of granites and volcanic sediments. On stunted, 10 m. (33 ft.) leaning Nothofagus (Southern Beech) trees, rooting on the underside of branches in moss. Trail from Andjai to Gunung (Mt.) Nettoti near Base Camp 2, at 1740 m. (5709 ft.) Kebar Valley, Manokwari District, West Papua Province, West New Guinea Island. Infauna. Unknown but no ants recorded.   Hello Derick, Thank you for the information. I think so, too. Watch a little more growth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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