• Plant: The Trumpet Player's Myrmecophila (Myrmecophila tibicinis)
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  • Info: Leaves / 2017-03-29 / Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: Myrmecophila tibicinis - flower stalk emerging from new leaf growth. The pale areas on the stalk are bands of thin tissue that seem to arise from joints in the stalk.
Photo of The Trumpet Player's Myrmecophila (Myrmecophila tibicinis) uploaded by arctangent

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Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 4-2008
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - flowers have a form that is easily disti
Uploaded by hawkarica
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - growing on a log
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor, MI
Date: 4-2008
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04

7 foot 2 inch flower spike!
Location: United States Botanical Garden | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: June 2012
These blooms are growing on 4 ft long spikes.
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - flowers are borne on a long slim stalk t
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2017-03-29
Myrmecophila tibicinis - on the right side note the long brown/wh
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens
Uploaded by hawkarica
Uploaded by hawkarica
Uploaded by hawkarica

photo credit: Orchi
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: June 2012
look closely to see the 4 ft long flower spikes
Location: Southwest Florida
Date: June 2012
the blooms spikes are up to 6 ft long.
Location: Sarasota, FL
Date: 2015-04-30
At Selby Gardens

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