زهرة البجع Aristolochia grandiflora نبات جميل وغريب .. Pelican Flower (Aristolochia grandiflora)

زهرة البجع Aristolochia grandiflora نبات جميل وغريب
Pelican Flower (Aristolochia grandiflora)




زهرة البجع Pelican Flower (Aristolochia grandiflora)

هذه الزهور جميلة ، ويكمن جمالها في غرابتها
نبات Aristolochia grandiflora ليس آكل لحوم .. لكنه يستخدم رائحة الفأر الميت ليجذب اليه الحشرات في موسم التلقيح

Pelican Flower (Aristolochia grandiflora)
These flowers are almost beautiful in their strangeness, with big inflated chambers instead of petals and intricate, colorful patterns of veins. But don’t get too close, or you won’t be able to get the dead mouse smell out of your nose for hours. No, this plant isn’t a carnivorous rat-eater like the Nepenthes attenboroughii – it just uses a decaying rodent smell to attract pollinators


Aristolochia grandiflora
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Calico Flower, Pelican Flower
Origin: Brazil, Mexico, Panama

Aggressive
Vine. This creeper produces a gargantuan flower that is more beautiful
than A. gigantea. The solitary blooms have heart-shaped faces about a
foot long and 8 inches wide. Rich purple blotches and veins cover the
creamy white face of the flower. At the center of the blossom, a livid
purple bull’s-eye leads to an inflated pouch. As added adornment, a
foot-long, slender tail hangs from the flower. There is a malodorous
aspect to the bloom; however, it dissipates after the first 24 hours.
Papery capsule containing many seeds.

























جراب البذور Seed pod