Hi everyone, After some research and luck, I finally found out the confirmed identity of the mysterious vine I once sent image out to some of you. It is...
Hi Mario, Dregea volubilis is the vine with the greenish starry flowers. The other woody liana that strangle the tall tree is Phytocrenen dasycarpa or P....
Hi to everybody, I had asked in a preceding letter if someone of you had something to write me on the breeding of the Aristolochies to feed the butterflies....
HI Lucia! I am sorry I should have done something for you and I do applogize. Allow me to compose - well it will be extemporaneuous but I will do something...
Dear Greg, I have to write an article on the Aristolochie for a magazine, for which I wanted to also make a writing on because the most greater part of the...
Hi everyone, I am searching among some reference and came up with this: Duchartre in DC. Prod. 15 1 (1864) 432 I believe it is the first taxonomy work of ...
Hi Victor, the entire citation is: Duchartre, P. 1864. Aristolochiaceae. In: A. P. De Candolle & A. L. P. De Candolle (editors). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis...
Hi Mario and Al, Thanks for your help. Today, I painted Amorphophallus dunii. It is cute, green with burgandy inside and cream spadix. But it will smell like...
Hi Lucia, You have been asking for input from those of us who raise Aristolochias for the breeding of butterflies. I am one of those who not only rasises...
Hi Udi, Good question. As you probably know, the chemical compounds in Aristolochias can vary substantialy from species to species. Brasilian species like...
Thank you Steve Very interesting information. I had no idea about this problem.. Udi ... From: Aristolochia@yahoogroups.com Date: 03/09/05 19:18:35 To:...
Steve has raised a very important subject. As he said, most of us cultivate the plants for their interesting flowers, but many neotropical species can become...
time for my 2 cents on the topic. i live in brisbane australia and grow aristos not only for their flowers, but i like to rear butterflies. in my area we have...
Hello group, There is an extensive list of Aristolochia species at the following site. It does not have every species but it does have quite a few. !5 pages to...
Hi Steve - Yes I have seen this list previously and seems to be more of literature names and certainly is far from complete - but can be useful. I do notice...
Hi Lucia - I am almost done! Just have to proof read and make spelling corrections and some grammatical changes and it will be off tomorrow to you! Warmest...
Dear Frank; Hellow - my name is Greg Watson. Whilst l am not the best person to talk of about the vines I do have some inkling about the troidines. There are...
Hola Frank and all, Yes Frank, Aristolochia littoralis[elegans] will kill Battus philenor. The butterfly will lay eggs on it if that is all she has to use, but...
Frank and all, Battus polydamas will use the A. littoralis fine. Battus philenor will not. I am not sure if any Battus are left in D.F.? Other Parides species...
Hello Frank, About 16 years ago I rented a Volkswagon in Tiajuana ( I am from S. California) and I spent 6 weeks driving all over Mexico looking for...
Hi All, I'd like to saw out different species of Aristolochia (I was happy to recieve a while ago from members of the group, so again many thanks for...
Hello all, Has anyone tried self pollinating the grandiflora types of aristos? You should be able to remove the limb (beautiful though it is) and transfer...
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