I’ve had this ant plant since 2019. It produces icy blue flowers periodically.

#Myrmecophytes live in close association with ant colonies, providing shelter (and sometimes food) in exchange for defense. See the enlarged stem (caudex) with channels running through it in the last picture.

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More on the mystery #Hydnophytum species at #botanicalGardens #Copenhagen,
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At first i thought H. moseleyanum -
overlooking that the group might be two species in fact,
one with round leaves (H. moseleyanum?),
one with slimmer elongated leaves (H. formicarum?).
The fruit might shed light.

Although, although ... last picture shows both leaf forms on one plant?

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#Hydnophytum species, perhaps?
moseleyanum?
#Rubiaceae

Part of a group at #botanicalGardens #Copenhagen,
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