Passion Flowers(Passifloras)These flowers got their name from early Spanish and Portuguese missionaries who believed each part of the Passiflora represented a different aspect of the passion of Jesus Christ. Here in Butterfly World they are planted to feed the babies of some of the world's most beautiful butterflies and to be studied for their preservation. |
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 Yep, they can be red, VERY RED! |
Dutchman's Pipe
Here's another interesting flower you can see in Butterfly World. These pipe-looking flowers set up
intricated traps to attract flies for their pollination. They are poisonous, but not carnivorous.
Many butterflies use them as the host plant for their caterpillars.
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 Aristolochia gibertii |
 The ultraviolet bull's eye of a pipe flower attracts lots of flies. |
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