Lagenandra thwaitesii spathe
I’d been growing Lagenandra thwaitesii for a couple of years now, and it had finally decided to start flowering. Unfortunately, we had a cold spell and the plant wilted before it could flower. Trying to save the plant from total collapse, I split the mother plant into 4-5 plants. Bad move. It didn’t like it at all, and only one plant survived. However, I did acquire another plant from my friend and fellow crypt expert, Aaron Talbot. The plant he gave me already had a spathe on it, and today it opened up. Onto the pictures!
A great deal of texture on the outside of the spathe.
Inside the kettle, the color is quite amazing! Blood red and incredibly textured. The side walls are also very sponge like.
The female flower has numerous stigmas, unlike the usual 5 -7 in crypts.
The male part of the flower was mature enough that it had started extruding pollen. See the droplets?! That’s the pollen.
