New plant species resembling owl discovered in Tak

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New plant species resembling owl discovered in Tak

By The Nation

 

Photo Credit: Sukid Rueangruea, Botanist of Office of the Forest Herbarium

 

A new plant species resembling an owl has been discovered by the Botanical Society of Thailand. The society posted on Facebook about the discovery on Wednesday (December 11). The new plant has been named “Phisawong Ta Nok Hook (mysterious owl’s eyes)” or “Thismia thaithongiana”.

 

The society said that it was from the herbaceous plant family which blooms at the end of the rainy season. It was discovered in the Doi Hua Mot mountaintop in Tak Province by Dr Kanokorn Srimuang from Phayao University and Suchat Chanhomhuan from Tukasu Cottage Resort.

 

 

The society also coordinated with Assoc Prof Sahut Chantanaorrapint, a lecturer at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, and Dr Somran Suddee, specialist of the Office of the Forest Herbarium under the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation for verification and taking samples of this plant.

 

Picture Credit: Thanyalak Soonthornmat, Teacher at Roong-Aroon School

 

The information on this plant was published in the Phytotaxa journal 333 (2): 287-292, 2018. The name “thaithongiana” was named in honour of Assoc Prof Obchant Thaithong, lecturer at the Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30379370

 

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[RichardColeman]

I get the feeling they will dig it up and it turn out to be a growth from a yogurt pot 

[petedk]

Is April already?

[klauskunkel]

Lottery number?

(sorry, couldn't help myself)

[DrTuner]

Cool looking plant. If it grows to be 2m tall I'd like to have a couple in my garden. Right next to the gate where the sign "No trespassing, somchais will be shot" is.

[Nakmuay887]

Off topic. But this part of Tak is so Beautiful 

[Enoon]

On 12/13/2019 at 11:37 AM, DrTuner said:

Cool looking plant. If it grows to be 2m tall I'd like to have a couple in my garden. Right next to the gate where the sign "No trespassing, somchais will be shot" is.

 

Dated January 2018:

 

Thismia Thaithongiana

"Members of the genus (Thismia) are small mycoheterotrophic herbs with a highly reduced habit and usually grow among leaf litter in shady wet forests."

 

 

http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2018/01/thismia-thaithongiana.html

 

 

 

Edited December 16, 2019 by Enoon

[Damrongsak]

It reminds me of the small plant in "Little Shop of Horrors" that grew very large and ate people.

 

 

[alacrity]

A story that will never fly.