Again, the Aristolochia vines are the only larvae food for the Polydamus butterflies. This is not the 12' flower, rather smaller at about 4". Seeds well. I'd suggest having a couple or more of the Aristolochia vines in ones yard as they can be eaten down quite drastically if one is lucky enough to have a huge crop of larvae at one time!
No exchange required.
May I be the first to request for seeds? Would you accept any thing at all in return? I've pink Poppies seeds to share.
Lily thanks for offering. I really dont need any seeds right now. I have an abundance of fresh seeds from the garden and dont want them to go to waste, so am happy to pass them on. But thanks for offering.
Please dont forget to write on the back of the SASE envelope addressed to me, the id's of the seeds you'd like to have. Makes it much easier for me to cope this end and they are posted out immediately!
Cheers,
This message was edited Jun 27, 2007 10:08 AM
I'm singing with joy! Thank you.
Kim
if you have enough, may I get some of these seeds. I not sure, but after googling the Polydamus loosk to be a butterfly I have new aroudn here that I couldn't identify that just keeps flittign all over the place and i haven't found what it is looking for . Maybe yoru vine will help it?
Starlight, send me a Dmail for my particulars.
Lily and Starlight: please dont forget to write the id of the seeds which are to be included on the back of the envelope you send to me so I can pop the seeds into the envelope immediately and post it pronto.
Bedouin my plant is doing great from the seeds I got from you in spring or last fall?? Hope to see it bloom before winter. Was able to share a few of the seedlings with others. Thanks for your generousity ;-)
DonnaB thats super! Were they Cassia Alata seeds for the butterflies? Hope no more hurricanes come our way this season, but they are predicting so many.........Time to get rid of my large pots 'cause I'm tired of lugging them to safety! Hope all is well with you.
J.
yes they are host plant for the Sulphurs
did you send me the Watsonii as well?? Only had one survive from it and it is doing very well also. Have it in a Hanging basket with A. Peruvian since they both don't get to big
Just went outside to get some more Cassia A seeds. Thats it till the new flowers seed. (too prolifically....the garden is filled with seedlings which i have to ....pull up!) I love the sulphurs flitting from one shrub to the next. Only thing is, the *(^%$ ants get the larvae almost 100% of the time as I seldom see them at a mature size. I'm pretty excited as I have one giant swallowtain larvae on my key lime right now. Really does look like bird dew!
I saw a really neat idea at Fairchild Tropical Garden for the Aristolochia vines. around a tall palm they had attached chicken wire up to about 8 feet to provide the vines with the ability to climb the palm. It was quite a sight to behold with the Polydamus butterflies vying to lay eggs on the leaves! And the larvae were huge!
I dont think the Watsonii was from me, as I dont have any in the garden.
J.
