Andreas Wistuba

Hello all,

as requested, I just created a "Beginners Corner".

You may ask all questions you don't dare to ask in the more "sophisticated" sub-forums here, or just chat with other members.

All the best

Andreas

.Guys, if it is a Myrmephytum where is the 6 parted star-like flower?  Elisabeth says the flower is 4 parted and in the photo the tops of the petals look blunt, no points like in the H & J drawings in the Myrmephytum revision and in the Myrmephytums I have flowered.. 

 

I may be working under a misconcept as well concerning the purple-brown fleshy bracts.  But both of the Myrmephytums I have grown (beccari and yellow fruited one from the Philippines) have had big obvious purple -brown fleshy bracts that I do not see here. 

 

Because of the two points above I never considered it being a Myrmephytum.in spite of the geography being right - the birdshead is know for Myrmephytums.

 

So, I went off in the direction that it might be a Hydnophytum and based on the questions I am waiting for Elisabeth to answer I may have a canidate to present. (I hope you will still answer my questions Elisabeth, in spite of the possibility that it is a Myrmephytum.) 

Hmmm, I overlooked the answer concerning the 4 parted flower and from the picture it was not so visible, but you are right....

What is your guess, when it comes to Hydnophytum, Frank?

Bonjour

 

a myrmephytum  may be a  moniliforme or a  naumannii no

 

have you a flower section to see the ring hair , the anther and the stigma

 

a marvellous discovery

 

 

jeff

Yes, I agree, it might well be Myrmephytum moniliforme.

Awesome finding!!!

Maybe I'll have to revisit Fakfak this August...

All the best

Andreas

Wow!!!

However, we now need more members to follow up on my visit to Bougainville Island in the Solomons and Papua New Guinea.

I'll be in the Indonesian part of Papua again next summer

I hope that counts as a decent field trip

All the best

Andreas

Here is another picture of a Squamellaria thekii. It was found in the same area as Derricks plant. The first picture might well show the same individual!

Hi,

This habitat look to be very humid, as we can see with the fog and the quantity of epiphytes around the tubers.

How high where it?

 

The best,

 

Aurélien

Hi Aurelien,

At least while we were there it was hard to do a few decent photographs because we permanently were in clouds and slight rain.

I believe that the roots on many tubers "harvest" the drops from the fog.

It was extremely humid!

All the best

Andreas

Hydnophytum spec. (Fiju, Vitil Levu, Near Monasavu Dam)

Variability is very high and I am reluctant to call any of the Fijian species by name.

Found the pictures in my archive. Andreas, it was indeed a young plant:

 

OK, that explains a lot.

I had similar results with very young plants but never with older ones.

All the best

Andreas

Hello Fred,

the Stem Cutting result is quite fascinating.

Was this an adult or a seedling plant?

All the best

Andreas

Hello Philipp,

It will root, but no caudex will develop.

All the best

Andreas

Andreas:

 

It has only set a few fruit over the past years that I did not harvest, so I suppose "rarely" is the case with it. Hopefully, this year I will obtain some fruit from this flowering cycle.

 

J

Hi Jay,

if you harvest one, think of a passionate Grower in Germany...

All the best

Andreas

While the plant flowers fairly well at this time of year it has so far refused to fruit reliably

That's a nice one and a pity it does not multply.

Some of the most interesting Hydnophytinae refuse to propagate in captivity. So it does not set seeds at all or just rarely?

All the best

Andreas

A few years ago while looking for Nepenthes in the mountains around Malaybalay, Central Mindanao) we came through a village in which a man lived who collects plants for the local market. Among many things that were not of interest for me, he had a few very interesting Hydnophytum plants in his garden:

...I guess you know what I mean, even if my wording may have sounded odd...

All the best

Andreas

Andreas:

No, not "Goose". I think this is one of the other sp. collected at same site. "Yes" I think it's the FB plant on mangroves. I will PM you pics of what I think is mother on Monday. Based on that image, it should self vigorously. IMO, perfectly good sp., just not what Frank and I grow. Fantastic bit of luck. At end of day, if both sides get seed, better still!!

I have just re-examined Frank's images and am suddenly struck that it is indeed a different plant from mine. This would clearly explain the differences in type of floral heterostyly we have observed in our respective plants as we attempt to polllinate them.

J

That is exactly how I was hoping, the forum would work!

Several eyes simply see more than just two and some kind of "crowd-brain" has ideas a single one does not have.

I was completely blind when it comes to Myrmecodia erinacea and M. alata, yet the solution was very easy.

Just a bit of pooling ideas between Frank and me...

All the best

Andreas

Edit Andreas Wistuba - 10th of May 2014

Please compare this plant with the plants found near Timika.

Leaves and petioles seem to match perfectly, yet spines are completely different!

In any case, what I got really looks much different. Leaves and petioles of mine come much closer to the FB-picture.

I am tempted to opening yet another thread for my plant...  

Here are some pictures - please do not look too closely at the mess in the background...

Just a thought:

Could it be possible, that we are looking at a hybrid swarm??? 

Ok, I just opened threads here for replies.

However, I'd still ask to restrict replies to topics of general interest.

PLEASE, NO NEGOTIATIONS OR CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE ONLY OF INTEREST FOR THE TWO PARTIES INVOLVED HERE!!!

I'm on several plant and animal forums and I like the ability for people to post replies.  This avoids having to repeat the same response to questions over and over again.  However, a rule to keep negotiations restricted to a private message could be in affect.

Dear Acro,

the idea is to keep the level of commercialisation low on this forum.

Also, when 2 members interact about a swap or trade, that's their business IMHO.

All the best

Andreas

ant hole.

The holes are arranged in rows. A tiny little bit reminiscent of the unparalleled Hydnophytum kajewskii

Dear Satoshi,

the more I look at the picture, the more I doubt that it's Myrmephytum:

IMHO the single stem looks a lot like Myrmephytum, BUT if it was Myrmephytum, one would expect to see the fleshy bracts of inflorescences that are absent on the whole stem. A stem of that length certainly would be capable of flowering. So, I'd rather suggest it's Hydnophytum. A VERY interesting species!

All the best

Andreas

Dear Satoshi,

very very interesting!

All the best

Andreas

Hi Chris,

I started all my Lecanopteris tissue cultures from spores. This works quite well, but of cause they have the chance to grow up under 100% sterile conditions without competition from moss and algae. However, I frequently find sporelings in the greenhouse. Most of them germinate and grow on the under side of hanging pots around the drainage holes.

All the best

Andreas 

Sorry,a photograph is only this.

A photograph will be carried,if I raise and flower blooms.

Please wait.

I hope it flowers and sets seeds

All the best

Andreas

Maybe I am missing the point, but I see no clear indication why this species should be H. spathulatum.

Please advise, as I do not understand.

All the best

Andreas