Stone Jaguar Posted September 22, 2014 Report Share Posted September 22, 2014 The first three images are what is tentatively identified as Hydnophytum philippinense Becc.. Please note the similarity of this plant to that in the images of wild plants posted here by Satoshi Okada. The fourth image shows what appears to be a younger version of the species shown under Andreas' post that started the thread for H. philippinense (?). Thanks to Frank O for this plant! Fruits on the putative H. philippinense are yellow through to final ripening when they suddenly change to pale orange. I have plants in Guatemala from same seed batch that are both more and less globular than this particular example, so broadly match the plant depicted on Pinoy Plants' website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Wistuba Posted September 23, 2014 Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hello Jay, I am not sure, if I understand correctly. So not all 4 are the same species? Is there another species you received from Merlin? I think I remember having heard either from you or Frank of one with round leaves that was also distributed under the Siquijor label but I might mix something. All the best Andreas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Jaguar Posted September 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2014 Andreas: The first three are the same plant. Leaves are indeed ~orbicular in youth then become increasingly ovate with time. AS you can see, this is not the case with the other taxon. The fourth photo is a seedling from the plant in the adult photo posted recently by Frank on the FB site under the "Siquijor Island" thread. I believe it resembles the photo that you posted here as Hydnophytum philippinense (?), but is definitely unlike the large sp. in the first three images. The original determination that the plant being sold at PP was Hydnophytum philippinense was, I believe, made without examining its floral morphology. Since the description and illustrations have been made available here, I need to examine the flowers more carefully; something I have not done yet. There may very well have been more than two hydnophytums collected on Siquijor when they were first made available. Cheers, J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff Posted October 22, 2014 Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 what is the anther place in the corolla ? jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 juvenils ( one year) to sp siquijor from merlin nursery ANDREAS I have send to you , since year ago , a H.sp siquijor adult , have you a picture, now ?. jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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