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General Subjects => Plants Wanted Or For Exchange => Topic started by: Anthony Darby on July 23, 2010, 10:41:55 AM

Title: Aristolochia
Post by: Anthony Darby on July 23, 2010, 10:41:55 AM

Does anyone have any tropical aristolochias, in particular ringens, trilobata, indica or tagala going spare? It's a long shot, but someone is offering me eggs of the birdwing butterfly Ornithoptera priamus.

Title: Re: Aristolochia
Post by: Rogan on July 24, 2010, 03:01:25 PM

Only Aristolochia cymbifera at the moment Anthony.

Title: Re: Aristolochia
Post by: Anthony Darby on July 26, 2010, 11:47:22 AM

Thanks Rogan. Not sure about that species. My contact says the caterpillars will eat Aristolochia clematitis (which I have), and that surprises me as they won't eat A. elegans.

Title: Re: Aristolochia
Post by: Rogan on July 27, 2010, 08:25:19 AM

A. cymbifera is quite close to A. ringens (...I think?) - I have much seed available for free and for nothing...   ;D