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Pipe vine

Aristolochia pilosa

Photo by BeNature
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Description:

I found this wild plant at about 1200ft in elevation in the mountains of southern Costa Rica. From the beginning of the round part to the tip of the 'nose' it's probably about 4.5 inches. From 'head' to 'nose' maybe 2 inches or so. It was growing on a thin vine and I saw one other of these that was shriveled up.

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Floral Syndromes: Aristolochia pilosa

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Aristolochia sp
Jonathan Sequeira
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Comments (23)
Andrea Lim
Beautiful Aristolochia BeNature! Great spotting!
BeNature
Gracias Jonathan por decirme el especie!
BeNature
Thanks everybody! It's very exciting for me to have a new outlet to share some of my photos (and see that people appreciate them). I've been living in Costa Rica taking mainly macro photos for the last 5+ years. That Pipe Vine is one of my newest ones :)
Ashish
Great Macro photography.
peter
Congrats on Spotting of the Day! "The Pipe Vine is one hairy plant! These hairs serve as a trap for insects entering its tube shaped blooms. Eventually the insect escapes covered with pollen." Facebook: http://facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151172929510603 Twitter: http://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/160208240817356800
craigwilliams
Wow! Great shots of a really wonderful Aristolochia. Nice work one and all.
BeNature
Great! Thanks Jonathan and Adam! This site is awesome!
AdamEhrenfeuchter
Definitely Aristolochia pilosa. Gorgeous photos. Also commonly called "Pipe Vine"

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PublishedJanuary 4, 2012

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