Little Melicope (Melicope rubra) by Don

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01-Jan-2015

Little Melicope (Melicope rubra)

This small rainforest tree is the caterpillar food plant for the Ulysses Swallowtail butterfly. I’ve planted three of them and this is the first year they’ve been large enough to produce flowers.

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Irene Wehrli		22-Jan-2015 10:25
Those flowers are really spectacular in form and color - love it! Irene

Yvonne		01-Jan-2015 10:24
What a gorgeous flower, interesting how they grow straight from the bark like so many rainforest plants. v

Gill Kopy		01-Jan-2015 02:03
How beautiful these flowers are ! Beautifully captured :) Looking forward to seeing the butterflies ! V PS You're a whole year ahead of us :)

Missed Opportunities		01-Jan-2015 01:16
Don - your New Year has a whole lot more color than mine! Home the butterflies will come.

larose forest photos		01-Jan-2015 01:11
Another interesting tree with such exotic blooms. Hopefully the swallowtails will come and lay their eggs on it. V

Jim Coffman		01-Jan-2015 00:38
A very pretty tree when in bloom! Happy new year,Don!

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