| Author: |
Albert Charles Smith, 1967
|
| Family: |
RUBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Fiji Islands
|
| Soil: |
Epiphytic |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
| Thickness: |
17
Centimetres |
| Height: |
40
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Ant
Plant |
| Synonyms: |
- |
This epiphytic member of
the Rubiaceae
family was described by Albert Charles Smith in 1967. It is found on the Fiji Islands.
The hollow caudex can grow up to 17 centimetres in diameter and 24
centimetres long. The entire pant can reach 40 centimetres or more.
The flowers are white.
The genera name refers to the
presence of fringed scales, or squamellae, which are produced
within the petals in some species. The species name means 'big'.
See the key to the
species of Squamellaria on the
Squamellaria
guppyana page. A key
to the genera of the HYDNOPHYTTNAE is found on the
Myrmecodia alata
page. | 
