2 Dec 2011
Galápagos passion flower (Passiflora vesicaria galapagensis)
I wonder what insects are able to digest or damage this plant which has covered itself in dense hairs and sticky ones in strategic locations and during the…
2 Dec 2011
Galápagos passion flower (Passiflora vesicaria galapagensis)
The sticky petals will make a very unpleasant trip for any insects wanting to eat or lay eggs on the ripening fruit.
Endemic to Galapagos.
2 Dec 2011
Galápagos passion flower (Passiflora vesicaria galapagensis)
What an incredible shape of the sepals! It seems like a stupendous form of art - but this one is alive and stays so well into the ripening of the fruit, which…