Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #126, 0 by mjsponies

mjsponies wrote:
Paula,
That's a Zebra Longwing. They are Florida's state butterfly. They are also endangered. This year tho I had more of them here than ever before. They lay their eggs on Passionflower's. The caterpillars are really cute...little "zebra" looking cat's. I plant several native passi's just for them, they prefer the native's over the hybirds. But will use a hybrid passi if there is nothing else available.

Hoya australis and Hoya linearis plant and close up of bloom