Hydnophytum vaccinifolium - flowers

[Andreas Wistuba]

Here is a picture of two flowers of Hydnophytum vaccinifolium. In my hands they never open and seem to be self incompatible. This seems to be a fairly useless strategy when producing cleistogamous flowers. Only cross pollination worked a single time in years of trying to pollinate and to cross pollinate this beautiful plant. I recently harvested a single fruit that contained a single seed

 

[Aurélien]

Nice photo!

Thanks for sharing. The size of flowers is impressive when comparated with the leaves!