Feb 10, 2023
Plant of the Day
Friday 10 February 2023
There is always something to learn at a botanic garden! This time it was that this epiphytic plant Monolena primuliflora (ant plant) has a symbiotic relationship with ants where the plant provides shelter and in turn the ants bring in food and deposit waste that fertilizes the plant. The ant accommodation is a caudex, a swollen stem. The plants are native to the rainforest in Ecuador and Peru.
Jill Raggett