Sticky Lips
Dutchman's Pipe Vine (Pararistolochia praevenosa) tiny flower (5mm diameter). The flower is insignificant but the vine is of distinctive importance. It is the exclusive host of the large and beautiful Richmond Birdwing butterterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia). The butterfly is widely distributed in the Gold Coast hinterland, but threatened by habitat destruction for human settlement. This image is a specimen from vines I planted in my Gold Coast hinterland home. We have caterpillars sometimes but the butterflies have eluded us.
Sticky Lips
Dutchman's Pipe Vine (Pararistolochia praevenosa) tiny flower (5mm diameter). The flower is insignificant but the vine is of distinctive importance. It is the exclusive host of the large and beautiful Richmond Birdwing butterterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia). The butterfly is widely distributed in the Gold Coast hinterland, but threatened by habitat destruction for human settlement. This image is a specimen from vines I planted in my Gold Coast hinterland home. We have caterpillars sometimes but the butterflies have eluded us.