I saw this small bush at a friend´s garden, can some one plase help me to find out its name? Thank you very much
Sigtris, yet another interesting shrub. A most unusual flower. I was just wondering if by any chance your friend knows what comes along to pollinate the flowers. I wonder if it is a bird or a bat?
Hello SIlver, I just called my friend and he has no idea what or who pollinates those flowers, he has seen bees wondering and hummingbirds. Each flower is aproximately 4 cm Thank you
I found out the name; Louteridium And I am pasting what I found: "Louteridium is a poorly known genus of ca. 10 species. Mexico is its center of distribution, and representatives also occur in moist regions south to Panama. Within Ruellieae, Louteridium is distinct in having a three-lobed calyx (vs. five in all other genera). Louteridium species are shrubs or small trees with pale colored, gibbous flowers, and two fertile stamens (plus two staminodes). The stamens and style are exserted far beyond the corolla mouth. These and other characters suggest that Louteridium might be bat pollinated, but little to nothing is known about reproductive biology of the species."
My applause too Sigtris. As a measure to how rare this plant is, the first two Google entries for the genus are for a movie! plantsystematics.org has some photos: http://biopl-a-181.plantbio.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?genus=Louteridium
Tell us, Sigtris---how did you find this information? I was exploring along the lines of Mexican flowers, green flowers, long-stamened flowers...what did YOU do?
I looked at a government site that has to do with wild life and they have long long list of flora and fauna of Mexico, and I was lucky to have seen the flower and recognized it, it was not easy, here is the URL in case you want to take a look(in English): http://www.conabio.gob.mx/remib/cgi-bin/remib_checklist.cgi?nombres=1;lengua=EN
Whoa!!! I ran across this site in my researches for your plant's identity---and I am ashamed to say that I thought 'Oh, wow: No Way!!!' I applaud you even more loudly now, for your dedication and perseverance. You are an example to us all of how Persistence Pays Off! Well done!
Thank you togata, I am indeed very persistent. I breed exotic birds as a hobby and I love all kinds of plants specially the rain forest species, so birds and plants go well together Thank you again
Here you can see a few pictures of my garden: http://homepage.mac.com/lul/PhotoAlbum36.html Here you can see some of my favorite plants:http://gallery.me.com/lul#100031 I hope you enjoy them
!!!!!!!! Just amazingly gorgeous! 'ENJOY' is hardly the word---I am stunned with this beauty! Is all this yours? Your own personal paradise? Oh, my, oh, my. You are fortunate indeed! Thank you for showing these photos. Lovely, lovely. Your aroid collection alone is breathtaking!
May I echo Togata's sentiments. Breathtaking indeed. Congratulations on multiple levels of success and mastery.
Sigtris, thank you! I now understand more about philodendrons than I ever have, plus - Wow! You have a real talent for not only growing but also landscaping, presenting plants in a way which best displays their fine qualities! And I adored the crane chick!
Sigtris, you must employ a large and skilled staff to help you in attending to the plants and birds, and in the maintenance of infrastructure. (WOW! again. Can't help myself!) I daresay universities would like to send their botany students to your estate for a look at how plants OUGHT to grow! Oh, those philodendrons...and the staghorns... (Hmmm...maybe if I enroll at Ohio State University right now...Ha!)
I can't be positive my old friend but it strongly resembles Louteridium costaricense Radlk. & Donn. Sm. from Panama and Costa Rica. You might want to do some reading on that species if you can find anything. Give the Hyacinths a treat from me today!
This has been a fascinating thread. I didn't expect to get up and find it solved overnight. Congratulations Sigtris, your persistance paid off. I was sure it was rather special. Like Togata I had no joy searching... pouched flower, exerted stamen, bat pollinated, amongst numerous other words! Loved the beautiful images of your special garden, a real joy to look at on yet another dark,dismal,dreich wet, dreary day in Britain. Thank you. After photopros suggestion I found this site. See page 3, 17 and 18. Quote....".Poorly known genus with about 10 species, distributed from northeastern Mexico to Panama; 1species in Costa Rica." http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cach...+Louteridium+costarricense&cd=9&hl=en&ct=clnk I hope you will share more close up pics of the Louteridium showing the seeds. Maybe even a visiting bat! There is so little on www about it. It gets a mention on this site about bats.Appendix 2. http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/104/6/1017
