A delicate wreath, for a fairy with wispy wings...
A perfect picture of poise indeed is this purple stunner...!
I captured this beauty at the jungle-like garden of the Horticulture Department where it's rambling wild...
Mum n' me were there last morning on a visit to the Mango Mela. Mum took a stroll around the Mela and bought the mangoes, while I strolled away on an adventure of my own in the wilderness around... Mum had to give me a call to tell me it's time to leave...! Old habits die hard... :)
Petrea Volubilis, commonly called the Sand Paper vine, Bluebird Vine Queens Wreath and/or purple wreath an evergreen tropical vine, is native to Mexico and Central America. The stiff coarse leaves is what gives it the name Sand Paper Vine... For all it's sturdy n' rough woody looks this vine produces long tapering clusters of utterly delicate n' wispy flowers. The actual flower, is just a small five-petalled wisp of deep purple that lasts for a couple of days. But the eye-catching five narrow petal-like blue calyx remains much longer,
slowly turning brown/gray.
The vine grows rapidly and is generally fuss free. Petrea Volubilis is widely grown in India as the weather conditions are extremely suitable. Though this vine grows best when planted in the earth, It grows successfully in fairly large pots with the right potting mixture and regular feeds of organic manure...
According to indigenous legend, this stunning vine was used for
medicinal purposes by the Caribbeans.
I captured this beauty at the jungle-like garden of the Horticulture Department where it's rambling wild...
Mum n' me were there last morning on a visit to the Mango Mela. Mum took a stroll around the Mela and bought the mangoes, while I strolled away on an adventure of my own in the wilderness around... Mum had to give me a call to tell me it's time to leave...! Old habits die hard... :)
Petrea Volubilis, commonly called the Sand Paper vine, Bluebird Vine Queens Wreath and/or purple wreath an evergreen tropical vine, is native to Mexico and Central America. The stiff coarse leaves is what gives it the name Sand Paper Vine... For all it's sturdy n' rough woody looks this vine produces long tapering clusters of utterly delicate n' wispy flowers. The actual flower, is just a small five-petalled wisp of deep purple that lasts for a couple of days. But the eye-catching five narrow petal-like blue calyx remains much longer,
slowly turning brown/gray.
The vine grows rapidly and is generally fuss free. Petrea Volubilis is widely grown in India as the weather conditions are extremely suitable. Though this vine grows best when planted in the earth, It grows successfully in fairly large pots with the right potting mixture and regular feeds of organic manure...
According to indigenous legend, this stunning vine was used for
medicinal purposes by the Caribbeans.
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