Tuesday 25 June 2013

Dermatobotrys saundersii

Dermatobotrys saundersii - Tree jockey.
This plant belongs to the Snapdragon family. It is an Epiphytic forest shrub,  fairly rare and not that easy to grow. Iv'e had this one for 2 years now and there are times when it really appears to be dead, then all of a sudden a few leaves and these little orange tubular flowers that last about 10 days, then these hard scaly dark berries appear - you can see them in the background on the left. A really strange unpredictable plant!!

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