In 2010 another nurii like plant was collected by Joshua Siow in Pahang, Malaysia. It differs from C. nurii var. nurii by its short, broad leaves.
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The plant grows well in an acid soil from beech tree leaf litter...
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
... and flowers soon.
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
The leaves green to brownish.
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
A spathe with a short tube.
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
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A fresh opened spathe with the limb upright.
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
The limb is rough but doesn't have the extreme protuberances.
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
The same plant with dark brown dots on the limb...
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
... and more detailed
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
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Another collection from Rompin shows a plant with brown leaves ....
coll. JS, cult. NJ3449
photo Jacobsen |
... with almost the same spathe.
coll. JS, cult. NJ3449
photo Jacobsen |
Opened kettle. Olfactory bodies bright yellow. Note the big flap over the male flowers.
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
Male flowers and a purple appendix.
coll. JS, cult. B1404 |
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Updated February 2016
literature: back to the nurii-group
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