Hydnophytum moseleyanum, Jardine River catchments, Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia.

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Near the tip of Cape York Peninsula, hence not far from New Guinea across Torres Strait, Hydnophytum moseleyanum was often perched very low in riverine forests growing on very poor sandstone derived soils.  Here the myrmecophyte guilds also contained Dischidia major, Lecanopteris sinuosa and Myrmecodia platytyrea subsp., antoinii as well as a few xerophytically hardy orchid species.

IMG_0220B Hydnophytum moseleyanum, Jardine River catchments, Cape York Peninsula..JPG]

Note that these hydnophytum populations show some root-like spines and hints of the tuber form seen in H. longistylum in the Solomon Islands.