MYRMECODIA ANGUSTIFOLIA

This member of the Rubiaceae family was given this name by Theodoric Valeton in 1927. It is found in western Papua New Guinea, growing as an epiphyte with lots of water and some sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 60 centimetres in height - or low. It is strangely enough hanging in a root, up to 50 centimetres long. The flowers are white with blue-black flecks.

The genera name means 'ant head'. The species name means 'narrow leaved'. A key to the genera of the HYDNOPHYTTNAE is found on the Myrmecodia alata page.