Not sure which dorstenia this is...can anyone help? It seeds in all my moist shady houseplants and orchids. Thanks.
This is the Dorstenia elata...rare!
I have one and I love her! http://public.fotki.com/plumo/dorstenias/
Thanks for your comments. I am doing some research on the web...hard to find much info. There are several photos of D. bahiensis that look identical to my plant, so maybe I have the correct identification already. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Dorstenia+bahiensis
I am hoping to find more on D. elata. I will have the picture moved if it seems to be D. elata. My plant looks exactly like D. elata, too.
I will try to get another photo posted on this thread of the foliage of my plant.
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After viewing more information online and reading about the different species, I believe you are correct and this is Dorstenia elata. I will ask to have this picture moved, after I add D. elata to the database. Thanks so much for the assistance in identification.
Hate to throw a monkey wrench in here but I just found a vendor who lists a plant that matches this photograph exactly and names it as D. turnerifolia. Try this:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=Dorstenia+turnerifolia&btnG=Search
Thanks for the info, handbright. I checked it out. The plants look identical...to mine, and to one another (elata and turnerifolia). Perhaps the names are synonyms? I wonder if there is a limit to how many times I can change the name on this, LOL.
Here is a link to D. elata....enlarge the picture to compare to mine and turnerifolia:
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://botany.cs.tamu.edu/FLORA/pic1/moradorselat1.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/imaxxmor.htm&h=576&w=466&sz=166&tbnid=8cRqscUEdj8rTM:&tbnh=132&tbnw=106&hl=en&start=46&prev=/images%3Fq%3DDorstenia%2B%26start%3D40%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26sa%3DN
Actually, I never should have submitted the plant picture. At the time, I was a new member and did not realize that the correct place to enter it was in the identification forum. What do you think I should do: add turnerifolia as a synonym, change the species, or just let it ride as an open question?
Thanks again for your input. It is interesting to know this is available commercially.
Toxi
One more note....I have never noticed mine having maroon stems on the fruiting structures. That may be due to lower light or some other condition, though. (The info on D. turnerifolia indicates maroon stems.)
Hi Toxi
You know, I think that this is one question that only some wonderfully energetic (and intrepid) botinist who has traveled the rain forest can answer!
I got a feeling that it is really just a matter of who found it first and who's name they picked to name it after...
Regardless, it sure is fancy isnt it? I thought it was wonderful!
I'm starting to look into this kind of collecting for myself, so I'm really a know nothing newbie. I stumbled on this one when I was out in the wild wild west of the internet and then went to go try to buy one...
Good luck with yours if you get one. They appreciate good drainage and low light and high humidity. If happy, they seed everywhere. I would send you one, but actually I am down to one plant at the moment. It volunteered in a large palm pot and seems very happy with a wee bit of evening sun.
