Cosmopolitan. Midin, Stenochlaena palustris, and Heliconius erato himera, Postman Butterfly, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Good place for cosmopolitans, the Butterfly House of our Hortus. Here's a plant from Southeast Asia. It's a Midin, Stenochlaena palustris. A long-climbing fern vine whose fronds can be used for a delicious salad. Just looking at it made my mouth water in memory of the many times I've eaten it in Borneo. Now out of bounds for me because of Covid-19...
Here it is in cosmopolitan fashion being visited by a South American Butterfly, a Postman. There are many kinds of Heliconius Butterflies; this is an 'erato', possibly subspecies 'himera'. But no doubt someone from wide-ranging Flickr will correct me if I'm wrong.
Cosmopolitan. Midin, Stenochlaena palustris, and Heliconius erato himera, Postman Butterfly, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Good place for cosmopolitans, the Butterfly House of our Hortus. Here's a plant from Southeast Asia. It's a Midin, Stenochlaena palustris. A long-climbing fern vine whose fronds can be used for a delicious salad. Just looking at it made my mouth water in memory of the many times I've eaten it in Borneo. Now out of bounds for me because of Covid-19...
Here it is in cosmopolitan fashion being visited by a South American Butterfly, a Postman. There are many kinds of Heliconius Butterflies; this is an 'erato', possibly subspecies 'himera'. But no doubt someone from wide-ranging Flickr will correct me if I'm wrong.