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Balanophora - Vegetative Growth

Balanophora papuana

Photo by craigwilliams
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Field Notes

Description:

Parasitic plant with branched coral like vegetative growth from which the separate male and female inflorescences will later burst.

Habitat:

Deep in the Mossy cloud forest of Gunung Brinchang, amongst the web of roots that forms the forest floor.

Notes:

There was plenty of gone over Balanophora fungosa in this forest but this was the only one of this sp. I saw.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
craigwilliams
Thanks Kristal! Excellent research. I should make more use of the Parasitic Plant Connections, it really is an awesome site. I was mistakenly thinking that these little white nodes were the flowers but you're right, these look just like the prelude to flowering. Will update spotting now.
KristalWatrous
Looks like the vegetative growth of Balanophora papuana: http://www.flickr.com/photos/botalex/2893484162/in/photostream/. Very cool! I found it by browsing the Parasitic Plant Connection's Balanophoraceae page: http://www.parasiticplants.siu.edu/Balanophoraceae/index.html.

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PublishedOctober 22, 2011

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