Some Myrmecodia seedlings

[Clue]

It seems like Myrmecodia are all the rage with Nepenthes growers these days, so I tried my hands with some seeds. These are either M. echinata, M. platytyrea, or M. tuberosa (my university collection of ant plants isn't the best managed). I parked them in a plastic bag with some damp paper towels; all the seeds germinated in two days, and a couple of weeks out I have some cute seedlings.

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Marching triffids!

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One I mounted for fun; the others will be potted up soon

 

[nimbulan]

That is quite interesting that they show the distinctive growth habit right from the beginning.

 

[jeff 2]

Bonjour

nice juvenils

M.echinata is a M.tuberosa 'armata'

your other M.tuberosa come from what area in indonesia because we have 16 ' subsp' in this genus .

you can grow these genus also in pure peat.

jeff

 

[Clue]

Hi Jeff, thanks for the information, I am definitely not familiar with Myrmecodia taxonomy so all advice is appreciated.

The M. tuberosa in the collection are mostly without location data (except for one simply labeled "Borneo") so I suppose they could be many things. Hopefully growing them out and getting some good pictures of the parent plant in the future might help.

 

[jeff 2]

Bonjour

on the borneo island you have just 3 myrmecodia tuberosa species

in the indonesian area : M.tuberosa 'armata' and M.tuberosa 'bracteata'
in the malaysian area : M.tuberosa 'bracteata ' and M.tuberosa 'apoensis'

when you have adult plant, take picture to the stem with the alveoli and the clypeoli .

jeff

 

[Clue]

Here's a shot of the parent plant I managed to get today.

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[jeff 2]

Bonjour

have you also some leaves picture and the plant as a whole ?

you are sure from its provenance , Borneo ?

jeff

 

[Clue]

Bonjour

have you also some leaves picture and the plant as a whole ?

you are sure from its provenance , Borneo ?

jeff

This particular plant has no label, so it's possibly a Bornean species but it could be from anywhere.

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[jeff 2]

Bonjour

excellent picture to work to the determination

can it come from other islands of indonesia ?

for me if it come from borneo for instant tuberosa'armata' or 'bracteata '

jeff