Willy's Ant-plants

[jeff]

Bonjour

it is always interesting to know where it comes from, especially their country of origin.
this allows among other things to determine a little better especially for these species of tuberosa that are sometimes endemic just a few islands of Indonesia

jeff

 

[WillyCKH]

The antplants are doing well.

 

[jeff]

what antplants species have you ?

 

[WillyCKH]

Here are my big meatball ant plants. They are harder to photograph because they are so big and usually they are covered by other plants like Pinguicula.
2x Myrmecodia armata, Hydnophytum papuanum, Myrmecodia platytyrea

 

[pitcherperfect]

Here are my big meatball ant plants. They are harder to photograph because they are so big and usually they are covered by other plants like Pinguicula.
2x Myrmecodia armata, Hydnophytum papuanum, Myrmecodia platytyrea
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Any suggestions for myrmecodia? I just killed mine recently

 

[WillyCKH]

Any suggestions for myrmecodia? I just killed mine recently

I keep mine warm, humid, in very well-drained soil mix (I use bark+LFS+perlite), and I'd fertilize them monthly. The number one killer for them is rotting due to being too wet + fungus attack.

 

[stevebradford]

Any suggestions for myrmecodia? I just killed mine recently

I have one or two plants for you.

 

[pitcherperfect]

Thank you Steve! I will give you a few bucks for em
I kept mine in a net pot and just gave it a little bit of water every day by misting the pot with a plant sprayer thingy, just like i do for my nepenthes so they never get too wet and they never dry out.
I havent been fertilizing it though. Maybe it starved and got weak and some infection moved in or something

 

[jeff]

all my rubiaceae are in terra, with a very good humidity of the air (sphagnum alive at the bottom of the terra with a watering every 15 days), a good light, temperatures of 20-24 ° c. I use xaxim plates as a support, either as an epiphyte on the vertical walls or horizontally in the sphagnum moss at the bottom. especially never plants in stagnant water.
fertilizer NPK:13.19.19 once a month in solution ( 2gr/l )

 

[WillyCKH]

The antplants are doing fine. I gave them too much lighting so now switching to a new setup, hopefully they will be happier!

 

[jeff]

fertilize them with a high nitrogen (N) NPK

 

[Atom]

The antplants are doing fine. I gave them too much lighting so now switching to a new setup, hopefully they will be happier!
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Those seedlings!

Is that rack by chance the one from Ikea? I was given one recently and wasn't sure the best way to set it up. Any tips/recommendations or pics of the whole set-up?

 

[WillyCKH]

Those seedlings!

Is that rack by chance the one from Ikea? I was given one recently and wasn't sure the best way to set it up. Any tips/recommendations or pics of the whole set-up?

Yes it is! You can buy the plastic cover from ikea too.

 

[WillyCKH]

Myrmecodia armata baby plants

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

They're so cute.

 

[jeff]

myrmecodia 'armata' is in fact a myrmecodia tuberosa then named this plant myrmecodia tuberosa 'armata'

great sucess for these sowing ,well done

 

[WillyCKH]

Here's a video of Myrmecodia tuberosa "Armata" producing fruits in 7 days.

 

[jeff]

just one question: your plants come from which supplier.

maybe a myrmecodia tuberosa 'Papuana' rather than Armata' ?

 

[Sparrow]

I searched but couldn't find the answer.... but are the fruits edible to humans?
If so did you try?

 

[WillyCKH]

just one question: your plants come from which supplier.

maybe a myrmecodia tuberosa 'Papuana' rather than Armata' ?

If I remember correctly, my M. armata are from @DennisZ
The plants behind are H. papuanum.