Squamellaria guppyanum x kajewskii (artificial hybrid)
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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.