Highland

Very nice! Ball shaped caudex and elongated leathery leaves. New introduction!

A highland form of this fairly widespread and highly variable species.The stems of this highland form are significantly thicker and fleshier than other forms I have seen so far.The inflorescences of this form are directed upwards towards the tip of the shoot.

Very unusual Hyndnophytum with ball-shaped caudex and very small leaves. Offered for the first time commecially. Short supply.

Very vigorous intermediate species.It bears a certain resemblance to the Hydnophytum radicans group, but is much smaller than all other members of the group known to me. The caudex is elongated when young and becomes rounder with age, with very conspicuous, large, edged holes.A beautiful species!As it is very vigorous, it is advisable to prune the branches from time to time.

One of the most extraordinary species. The terrestrial caudex forms chimney-shaped openings, the function of which is completely unclear.

A very interesting species from Papua New Guinea. Its strikingly elongated caudex and the silvery sheen on the leaves of younger plants are particularly noteworthy.Very vigorous!

This is an undescribed species. The plants form a tuber on their stems about every 10-30 cm. They are found in raised bog-like situations where they grow in competition with the Sphagnum moss and other vegetation. With the formation of secondary tubers, they manage to keep pace with the moss growth and still always have tubers above the substrate surface. The original location of the species is near Waghete, in the highlands of Papua. It occurs there in the vicinity of the well-known Nepenthes klossii.

Until the real Hydnophytum ramispinum was found again, I thought this species was H. ramispinumand used to list it as Hydnophytum cf. ramispinum. This has proved to be wrong - it is an as yet undescribed species!

This is most likely Hydnophytum tetrapterum. The plants originate from Gunung Nok, the highest peak on Waigeo, a large island in the Rajah Ampat Archipelago, a group of islands located between the Bird's Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya and the Moluccas.Characteristic are the winged shoots, a feature that gave the species its name.A very beautiful but rather slow-growing species.

Squamellaria guppyanum is the closest relative of Squamellaria kajewskii. Formerly described as Hydnophytum, both species are now more likely to be assigned to the genus Squamellaria on the basis of phylogenetic studies. While Squamellaria kajewskii has an extremely symmetrical caudex, the same appears very irregular at first glance in S. guppyanum. The caudex is silvery green and has numerous elevations.

Since there are also plants in nature that cannot be clearly assigned to either species, I tried to create a hybrid of the two species that occur together to test whether the plants in question could be natural hybrids and whether hybrids are possible.This was successful, as both species are dioecious. Pollen from S. kajewskii was applied to female labelled flowers of S. guppyanum.The result is a plant whose caudex is reminiscent of S. kajewskii without the clear symmetry of the species. As I like this one very much, I cross-pollinated some flowers again. Here are the resulting plants. Only a few seedlings available!Squamellaria guppyanum is the closest relative of Squamellaria kajewskii. Formerly described as Hydnophytum, both species are now more likely to be assigned to the genus Squamellaria on the basis of phylogenetic studies.While Squamellaria kajewskii has an extremely symmetrical caudex, even externally, the caudex of S. guppyanum appears very irregular at first glance. The caudex is silvery green and has numerous elevations.