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06-Mar-2016

Red Passion-flower (Passiflora aurantia)

This native relative of passion-fruit is a slender climber of tropical and sub-tropical eastern Australia and New Guinea, where it grows in drier types of rainforest (monsoon forest, vine-thicket, beach forests).
The flowers are cramy-white when they first open, turning red as they develop fully.
I planted this because it is a food plant for caterpillars of the Cruiser butterfly. This might be wishful thinking as I’ve never seen this butterfly around my home; it occurs in wetter areas not too far away.


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barbarajoy29-Jul-2016 01:57
Beautiful flower and excellent description. Butterflies there must have a smorgasboard of choice! V
Yvonne13-Apr-2016 11:56
Perhaps the word hasn't got around yet Don... or they have plenty to choose
from in the forests.. v
Irene Wehrli13-Apr-2016 09:45
Maybe after pupation the butterflies fly away...
This is a striking, beautiful bloom and picture, Don!
Irene
Gill Kopy13-Apr-2016 04:23
Such a beautiful flower - I'm sure the butterflies will find them eventually :) V
Nirvan Hope12-Apr-2016 21:44
Plant it and they will come! How could the butterfly not find its way to this whimsical sweetly colored flower!
Chris Morton12-Apr-2016 19:42
fascinating
Jim Coffman12-Apr-2016 18:27
What a beautiful bloom!! Nice capture, Don!!
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