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Old 04-23-2007, 03:20 AM
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This is a Dutchman's Pipe flower (Aristolochia sp.) that I photographed at Sunken Garden's in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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These flowers are quite large.
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Old 04-23-2007, 12:05 PM
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Antone, I have that growing in my greenhouse and I can say those are some wild flowers, It is also a rampant grower and developes a very unusual corky stem which get's very large at the base. Cool plant.
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Old 04-25-2007, 02:44 PM
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Way cool plants!!!!
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Click the image to open in full size.
This is the normal flower of S. leucophylla (a pitcher plant)
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This is S. leucophylla 'Tarnok'. It is double pettled.
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Wow!! It looks tottally fake!
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