Wow. A full four months after starting seven A. grandiflora seeds in that coffee filter/ baggie setup, I've gotten my third germination. Is this leisurely rate...
Hi Richard how are you there? Just now i see this mail... we had a few nice rainy days here and the Kinneret raised some 7 cms... I don't know any book about...
Hi All, I have some yellow (mature) un-opened fruits from which I would like to get seeds. Is it better to let them dry and collect the seed after they have ...
Hi Victor! Long time, no see. I have an Aristolochia Elegans seed pod and thought of you. Do you need one? Fresh off the vine apparently... Let me know. I...
Hi Shannon, Thanks for thinking about me. I have a lot of elegans already, every year I propagate using cuttings from older vine and the cuttings took well,...
I thought as much! Still trying to make up for your generosity (sp?) and..well...maybe trying to catch up slowly but surely to your collection and success at...
A. elegans (A. littoralis) is listed as an invasive exotic in parts of Florida; I don't know the situation in California. Larry Rosen Kissimmee, Florida USA...
Hi Victor and all, Please caution Shannon and others not to plant A. elegans{littoralis] in areas where Pipevine Swallowtails (Battus philenor) fly. The...
Victor, the seeds that have sent me are not anchors arrived!! Strange! Lucia Hello everyone, I just bought a few package of seeds from Costa Rica's Rainforest...
Hello all, Yes, Victor I would say planting A. elegans in the wild is not a good idea unless the particular "wild" is it's native habitat. It has proven it can...
Hi Richard, I am in San Diego...please advise. Any info will be helpful.What areas are OK to plant Elegans in? Richard James <richpipe@...> wrote: Hi...
Thanks Larry...where do you find this list so I can check in the future? Larry Rosen <LarryRosen@...> wrote: A. elegans (A. littoralis) is listed as an...
A. fimbriata can sometimes be propagated from root cuttings. Begin with a section of root having cuts on both ends and place on the soil horizontally, buried ...
Hi Lucia, I will send you the seeds right the way, I hasn't been well lately but recovered. Victor __________________________________________________ Do You...
Hi Wayne, The site is: www.brazilplants.com Mauro Peixoto's seeds are very fresh and germinate very well. Lots of aristolochia and Passiflora there. Victor ...
Dear Victor, don't be that has to send me them for strength!! I believed that she had already sent them and they had not arrived to me. Regards, Lucia Hi...
Hi Barbara, Thanks for the info on rooting fimbriata. Fimbriata however is a cold hardy species, most of which cannot have their crowns destroyed by cold. I...
Hi Barbara, Thanks for the info on rooting fimbriata. Fimbriata however is a cold hardy species, most of which cannot have their crowns destroyed by cold. I...
Hi Steve and thanks for the info. Was about to send all my pods to anyone in defferent parts of the nation that could actually grow them without worry of ...
Hi Steve-"0", "0" for freezing here too. I am sad about your losses or set backs. A lot of tropical plants got 'burnt' here. We got down to 28-30 F a couple or...
Hi All, Aristolochia californica may need further study as a larval food plant for pipevine swallowtails not endemic to California. My studies are not...
Hi, and' possible to get back the e.mail of Richard where he writes of this? Lucia Hi Barbara, Thanks for the info on rooting fimbriata. Fimbriata however is a...
Hi Steve and Richard, In Italy this butterfly exists, having endemic Aristolochia (rotunda, sicula, sempervirens, pistolochia, clematitis, pallida Ecc )? Lucia...
Hi Lucia and all, In Europe there are butterflies that use Aristolochia clematitis, et al. They are closely related to Swallowtails. They range from Spain and...
Hi All, A. elegans attracts Battus philenor butterflies to oviposit. As soon as the ova hatch and the 1st instar larvae feed, they die by the next day. The...
Okei Richard, in italia this butterfly doesn't exist? Lucia Hi All, A. elegans attracts Battus philenor butterflies to oviposit. As soon as the ova hatch and...