Strongylodon macrobotrys

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Jade Vine

Jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) is a rare find in U.S. botanical gardens. Aside from the 51勛圖, only the Fairchild Botanical Gardens, south of Miami, Florida, and the Waimea Botanic Gardens in Hawaii have this interesting plant. The unusual color of the jade vine's blooms is the result of pigments in two different color classes being modified by high pH in the sap of the stems.

Native to the Philippines, only old, mature plants produce flowers. Jade vine is a member of the pea family (Fabaceae) and is bat-pollinated in the wild. The brilliantly colored, oddly shaped flowers are adapted for bats to hang upside down and sip the nectar within.

渠 抱絕諡渠 諯資筏渥 諡潰 鴔 諡潰. 儦湊 諡潰賄 到 諤渥諯 到直 渥馬潺 諡潰窸 渥 渠 諡潰諤 蛟. 寢渣 篚篧 鴗篣域 儦渠收桿潺 貲 篧 潤拖潺 篣域貲拘. 謔秒 域賈, 月 渥潺 篚 潰. 儠抱頃湊 潰 諻鴠 賱拘.

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Soil:
Moist
Plant Shape:
Upright
Exposure:
Full Sun
Partial Shade
Bloom Time:
January - February
March - April
Bloom Color:
Green
Blue
Landscape Use:
Bedding or Border
Vine
Wildlife Interest:
Attracts Birds
Plant Type:
Vine
Hardiness Zone:
10 - 11