Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Psiguria umbrosa- It is a host, nectar, AND pollen source!, 1 by seedpicker_TX

seedpicker_TX wrote:
(I posted this in the vine forum, but it is just as appropriate here, so hope no one minds...)

This is a psiguria umbrosa vine that I got from my friend at the botanical gardens. She/they had it growing two stories up into the upper balcony in the glass conservatory/butterfly exhibit. (The glass two story conservatory has since been torn down and they are re-doing it to make it more accessible to the handicapped.)

Notice the little cutie pie bug on it, posing! It kinda looks like he's smiling! lol...

here is a great informative article about psigurias. This is the orange one(psiguria umbrosa), and the red version is psiguria triphylla.
http://www.pwbelg.clara.net/psiguria/