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Aristolochia
Category: Decorative flowering
22 Jul : 18:46
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Aristolohiya is exquisite evergreen liana of the family Aristolochiaceae, with homeland Brazil. The plant reaches a height of 3.4 m and has korkovidna wood. Its leaves are large, with about 8 cm in length, shiny dark green above, greyish beneath, a heart, a tapered tip. Aristolohiya exquisite flowers in the second half of the summer with large (long 4.5 cm) single color with very unusual shape and color - with bulging yellow cylindrical tube and plate of heart-perianth. Top plate is decorated in white with red streaks, and the bottom with even purple spots with white reticulated pattern. Sometimes these colors are weak, but there is strong unpleasant miris.Aristolohiyata climbing stems and heart-leaves, whose upper part is dark green and underside - cyan. The plant is only for experienced Florists - very difficult for cultivation.
The colors are very impressive - large and unusual, funievidni in dark purple. And the flavor is weird - on carrion. The plant blooms in summer, but will blossom in a few years. Most often die suddenly.
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