Brightly Yielding Seed. Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It was a bright day and after a bit of a wander outside in the Hortus I went into the Butterfly House. There I saw this colorful Tropical Milkweed. The shrub had flowers but it was also developing seed. I didn't see any Butterflies on it; they were congregating on Light-Blue Snakeweed and Lantana. Pretty flower, but don't break its stem; it will exude a poisonous, milky sap of which you'd better stay clear. It won't affect your skin, but might be transferred to your eyes to cause irritation there.
Brightly Yielding Seed. Tropical Milkweed, Asclepias curassavica, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
It was a bright day and after a bit of a wander outside in the Hortus I went into the Butterfly House. There I saw this colorful Tropical Milkweed. The shrub had flowers but it was also developing seed. I didn't see any Butterflies on it; they were congregating on Light-Blue Snakeweed and Lantana. Pretty flower, but don't break its stem; it will exude a poisonous, milky sap of which you'd better stay clear. It won't affect your skin, but might be transferred to your eyes to cause irritation there.