Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Petrea detail


Detail of Petrea volubilis (Queen's Wreath, Sanpaper Vine). Per Tropical Gardening by David Bar-Zvi "High-climbing vine with rought surfaced dark green leaves and clusters of lavener-blue or white flowers." Also from same source, "produces graceful clusters of shot-lived purple or white flowers enclosed by much longer -lived purple or violet calces . . ." Here is a photo of the flower with the calce behind it.:

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