Anthorrhiza bracteosa is found on Normanby island in the east of Papua new guinea. Anthorrhiza bracteosa grows at less exposed spots than the other species of Anthorrhiza (A. bracteosa) that's also found on the island. Limited supply!
A very nice lowland species. The plants from Missima differ considerably from the Rossel ones. Since Rossel is the type locality, I have some doubts whether both populations really represent the same species. Maybe, the Missima plants represent an undescribed species!
Antfern. Lecanopteris carnosa rhizomes are not covered by scales or wax. Very interesting and rare in collections. With their strangely shaped hollow rhizomes they look very bizzare! Lecanopteris species are spread over Indonesia and Malaysia. They form hollow rhizomes that are inhabited by ants in the wild. In cultivation they easily grow without ants, however.
Antfern. Only the youngest portion is green, the older areas, though still alive turn brownish. Very interesting and rare in collections. With their strangely shaped hollow rhizomes they look very bizzare! Lecanopteris species are spread over Indonesia and Malaysia. They form hollow rhizomes that are inhabited by ants in the wild. In cultivation they easily grow without ants,
Antfern. The rhizomes are covered by a blue-green waxy layer. No scales. Very interesting and rare in collections. With their strangely shaped hollow rhizomes they look very bizzare! Lecanopteris species are spread over Indonesia and Malaysia. They form hollow rhizomes that are inhabited by ants in the wild. In cultivation they easily grow without ants, however.
Antfern. Lecanopteris deparioides rhizomes are covered by wax. Very interesting and rare in collections. With their strangely shaped hollow rhizomes they look very bizzare! Lecanopteris species are spread over Indonesia and Malaysia. They form hollow rhizomes that are inhabited by ants in the wild. In cultivation they easily grow without ants, however.
Antfern. Only the youngest portion is green, the older areas, though still alive turn brownish. Similar to L. celebica but much smaller and more gracile. Very interesting and rare in collections. With their strangely shaped hollow rhizomes they look very bizzare! Lecanopteris species are spread over Indonesia and Malaysia. They form hollow rhizomes that are inhabited by ants in the wild. In cultivation they easily grow without ants, however.
Antfern. The youngest portion of the rhizome is greenis, the older areas, though still alive turn brownish-green. Similar to L. celebica but much smaller and more gracile. Very interesting and rare in collections. With their strangely shaped hollow rhizomes they look very bizzare! Lecanopteris species are spread over Indonesia and Malaysia. They form hollow rhizomes that are inhabited by ants in the wild. In cultivation they easily grow without ants, however.
Very interesting species. The caudex bears numerous undivided thorns. The pink coloured berries are striking. Unfortunately, the geographical origin of the species is unclear, because I got my mother plants without accurate information from a botanical collection.
Interesting highland species from the Baliem high valley. Original location is near a salt spring. The caudex is black. The spines are asymmetrically distributed.
A very nice species! It has a dark brown caudex and brown stems that form a nice contrast to the light green leaves, blue flowers and red berries. Propagated through seeds. Only very few young plants available!An easy but slow grower under lowland conditions! I have plants that produce red fruit and other that produce orange fruit. I am not sure yet if all seedlings originating from red fruit again produce red fruit and sseedlings from orange fruit again produce orange fruit but I decided to offer them separately.
Extremely rare in culture. Offered for the first time in the trade. New introduction! An extremely interesting species. Lowland epiphyte. The leaves can reach a length of up to 50 cm. Some herbarium records bear the name Myrmedoma (=Myrmephytum) longissima, but it seems never to have been validly described and published.
A very nice species! It has a dark brown caudex and brown stems that form a nice contrast to the light green leaves, blue flowers and white berries. Propagated through seeds. Only very few young plants available!
An easy but slow grower under lowland conditions!
