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Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
 Aristolochia maxima
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Dutchman’s Pipe
Origin: Central and South America
vine or creeperfull sunsemi-shademoderate waterUnusual colorred/crimson/vinous flowersattracts butterflies, hummingbirdsincuded in CD catalog

Large vine with simple oblong leaf. Older plants have a tendency to flower in mass at the base of the plant. Such "terrestrial" flowers never set fruit. Countrywide distribution, but appears to prefer limestone-based soils. Larval foodplant for butterflies.

This is a plant which does everything to live up to the name given to it by the botanists. A large and vigorous climber, it has large, six inch, rounded leaves and large clusters of ridiculously large, green with white or brownish-red markings (but color can be very variable) flowers of the fantastic, Dutchman’s pipe shape, each up to 12 ins. in length – and that’s a lot of bloom! And that’s not all! These are followed by matchingly large seed capsules. A flower arranger’s dream, they are about five inches long, big enough almost to be wired for a miniature 40 watt bulb, and, combining suggestions solicited around the office, like a Chinese lantern made of a dried (admittedly only six-legged) octopus skin. A challenge for you and your greenhouse.


 
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe

Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe
Aristolochia maxima, Dutchman’s Pipe


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