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RE: Blaze into the Spring with the Orange Trumpet Vine

in #pyrostegia6 years ago

This plant is very common on Magnetic Island, and is generally referred to as ‘Japanese Honeysuckle’. It is, however, neither Japanese, nor a honeysuckle!

This is a vigorous, fast-growing, evergreen woody vine that blooms in winter and spring with spectacular reddish orange flowers. The compound leaves have two or three 5–7.5 cm oval leaflets, and are arranged in pairs opposite each other on the stem. Often the centre leaflet is modified into a coiled, 3-part tendril. It branches profusely, and climbs by clinging with its tendrils. A single plant can reach to about 30 m long. The tubular flowers are about 7.5 cm long, and are borne in clusters at the tips of branches. The corolla has 5 lobes that are bent backwards, and the long orange stamens and style extend beyond the tube. The flower clusters may hang down under their own weight. The fruits are slender dry capsules about 30 cm long. The vine is native to southern Brazil, northern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay.

Source: https://www.somemagneticislandplants.com.au/index.php/plants/299-pyrostegia-venusta