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Monday, June 25, 2012

Aristolochia grandiflora



Scientific name: Aristolochia grandiflora
Synonyms: Howardia grandiflora, Aristolochia foetus
 Common name: Dutchman's Pipe, Pelican Flower

Family: Aristolochiaceae
Origin: Caribbean
 Category: Perennial herbaceous vine
Photo taken at: the Secret Garden of 1-Utama

Attractive feature: It attracts butterflies.

This plant was first posted as Aristolochia labiata. It has been corrected to A. grandiflora. My grateful thanks to cs bear for pointing out the plant ID error. 

4 comments:

  1. Niesamowity i piękny. Pozdrawiam.
    Amazing and beautiful. Yours.

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  2. I haven't seen Dutchmans' pipe yet, but we have endemic species. I know that one of them is the host plant of a very beautiful rare butterfly. Where did you see this plant, in 1-Utama?

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  3. Amazing flower. On a side note, this is a flower of Aristolochia grandiflora, not labiata.

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    1. csbear, thank you very much for pointing this out. I really appreciate it very much!

      I must admit that there are no plant labels when I took the photo, hence I need to check this out before I make the amendments. At the moment, I am not sure if it is labiata or grandiflora. I have made the inference based on my own observation of the flower and foliage and comparing it with the pictures in "1001 Garden Plants in Singapore" book.

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