Insects' Passion. Passiflora biflora, Twin-flowered Passionflower, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Next to the Butterfly Glasshouse open to the public the Hortus has another one that's used as a 'private' nursery for the former. In the Butterfly House there are lots of Dryas iulia, Julia Heliconian Butterfly, and Zebra Longwings, Heliconius charithonia. It is said they especially favor Passiflora biflora, possibly as much as they do the Dwarf, Yellow Passionflower. It's grown in that 'private' Glasshouse and here's a photo of a flower. By the looks of it, it's not only Butterflies that have a passion for this Biflora, also Ants. But in his Historia plantarum rariorum (1728-1738) John Martyn (1699-1768) reports that dr William Houstoun (c.1695-1733), who collected plants in the Americas and sent seeds to him, says that its flowers have no aroma and their roots hardly any taste.
Thank you to 'Passiflorae' - see comment below - for correcting me.
Insects' Passion. Passiflora biflora, Twin-flowered Passionflower, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Next to the Butterfly Glasshouse open to the public the Hortus has another one that's used as a 'private' nursery for the former. In the Butterfly House there are lots of Dryas iulia, Julia Heliconian Butterfly, and Zebra Longwings, Heliconius charithonia. It is said they especially favor Passiflora biflora, possibly as much as they do the Dwarf, Yellow Passionflower. It's grown in that 'private' Glasshouse and here's a photo of a flower. By the looks of it, it's not only Butterflies that have a passion for this Biflora, also Ants. But in his Historia plantarum rariorum (1728-1738) John Martyn (1699-1768) reports that dr William Houstoun (c.1695-1733), who collected plants in the Americas and sent seeds to him, says that its flowers have no aroma and their roots hardly any taste.
Thank you to 'Passiflorae' - see comment below - for correcting me.