Schumburgkia Tibicinis?
 

Wow, just returned to my place in Rio Dulce, Guatemala and the Schumburgkia Tibicinis (?) are exploding!

These grow profusely here, often in large mats, on the outer edges of the mangrove swamps where they get lots of full sun.

WOW! That's fabulous!

Awesome, way to grow!
Joann

Fantastic.

Kim

One of my favourite species, though my plant is still small... but flowering size. It's called Myrmecophila tibicinis now, last time i checked :)

Thanks for the info.

No worries, plant's are always getting moved about... Myrmecophila basically means "ant lover" and is in reference to the symbiotic relationship formed between these plants and colonies of ant's that live inside the naturally hollow psudobulbs... the ant's also cultivate fungus as food inside the psudobulbs, which may also be beneficial to the plant in ways. But, it doesn't really need the ants and all that jazz... it grows pretty easy in cultivation, so i guess it's just being friendly and it is more a protection thing.
It is just a totally fascinating plant!
If anyone in the UK wants to see a bigggg plant, Lawrence Hobbs has a nice specimen at his nursery... much better than the plant on display at Kew Gardens.

Yes, here growing in the wild they are loaded with ants. Disturb the plant a bit and the come rushing out.

They sound good! Here, the ants just try and create greenfly farms!

Amazing! I have seen Dendrobium undulatum growing in similar situations but I never would have believed it of Schoms (I can't bring myself to call them Myrmecophilas).

My tibicinis are just starting to throw spikes so the temperature must play a part in their timing.

Baz