Antplant ‘Myrmecodia Beccarii’ ‘L’

Myrmecodia beccarii plays host to two types of creatures in its swollen tuberous stem. As well as being colonised by ants, it is used by a butterfly which lays its eggs on the plant. The ants carry the eggs inside the plant because they smell like ant’s eggs. The ant plant produces very small white flowers in the axil of its large, shiny leaf petioles. Once the flowers have finished, they turn into red berries. It grows to a height of roughly 80 cm.