Dischidia milnei is flowering now for the first time.  Here are the first couple of photos with more coming over the next few days.

I did not have the time to take out my large camera with macro lenses so these are just a couple of fairly quick snapshots.  They are so small that it is very difficult to photograph.  This Dischidia is one of my favorites and really liked being outside in the natural air for the summer.

Dischidia nummularia variegata has dozens of seed pods, or horns depending on your preference.  I will soon try to sell this plant on Ebay, as last year these pods kept rupturing all winter long, and I could not keep up with the mess.  The potential is there to raise hundreds of seedlings if you want to go to all of that work.

I made a plant trade last summer with a Hoya friend in Florida, and I received a number of Dischidia.  Here is a great one that is another shingle type plant with leaves that ants like to colonize.  Here is a photo taken a couple of months ago; I hope to have up new photos soon as the plant has grown considerably since this photograph.

In summation, Dischidia pectinoides is an extremely interesting plant to play around with.  It is very easy to grow in damp sphagnum moss, and can be adapted to a variety of conditions.  They are frequently sold in large snail shells as unusual small hanging baskets.  I have only started exploring the possibilities, but look forward to having this plant around for a long time!

Like other Dischidia, Dischidia pectinoides is pollinated extremely easily.  My plant came to me covered with seed pods, and I have had many new flowers produce seedpods with no discernible  pollinator.  The pods burst continually making the plant rather unsightly.  The seeds are very easy to germinate and grow out in sphagnum moss.  Below see the newly germinated seedlings at three weeks of age.  The second photo show the same seedlings at six months of age – note that some are already sporting ‘Ant Leaves’.