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Pipe vine

Aristolochia pilosa

Description:

I found this wild plant at about 1200ft in elevation in the mountains of southern Costa Rica. From the beginning of the round part to the tip of the 'nose' it's probably about 4.5 inches. From 'head' to 'nose' maybe 2 inches or so. It was growing on a thin vine and I saw one other of these that was shriveled up.

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Aristolochia sp


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23 Comments

BeNature
BeNature 11 years ago

Thanks Andrea!

Andrea Lim
Andrea Lim 11 years ago

Beautiful Aristolochia BeNature! Great spotting!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Felicidades magnifica foto.

Matt Gardner
Matt Gardner 12 years ago

wow awsome!!

BeNature
BeNature 12 years ago

Gracias Jonathan por decirme el especie!

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

Super BeNature, felicitaciones....

BeNature
BeNature 12 years ago

Thanks everybody! It's very exciting for me to have a new outlet to share some of my photos (and see that people appreciate them). I've been living in Costa Rica taking mainly macro photos for the last 5+ years. That Pipe Vine is one of my newest ones :)

July Llanes
July Llanes 12 years ago

Congrats! Beautiful photos!

FoTony
FoTony 12 years ago

Congratulations beautiful macro photo.

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

fantastic! Congratulations

craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Wel deserved, congratulations!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Great Macro photography.

Bong Ambutong
Bong Ambutong 12 years ago

Congratulation BeNature.....

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

congrats

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Congratulations,

aldrin
aldrin 12 years ago

congrats! : )

peter
peter 12 years ago

Congrats on Spotting of the Day!

"The Pipe Vine is one hairy plant! These hairs serve as a trap for insects entering its tube shaped blooms. Eventually the insect escapes covered with pollen."

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craigwilliams
craigwilliams 12 years ago

Wow! Great shots of a really wonderful Aristolochia. Nice work one and all.

BeNature
BeNature 12 years ago

Great! Thanks Jonathan and Adam! This site is awesome!

AdamEhrenfeuchter
AdamEhrenfeuchter 12 years ago

Definitely Aristolochia pilosa. Gorgeous photos. Also commonly called "Pipe Vine"

LisaPalmerFleming
LisaPalmerFleming 12 years ago

wow! That's impressive!.

Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 12 years ago

Looks a little like a Aristolochia sp

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Awesome!

BeNature
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BeNature

San José, Costa Rica

Spotted on Jan 4, 2012
Submitted on Jan 4, 2012

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