Comments on: The Birthwort and the butterfly

By: shivani

shivani — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:03:11 +0000

a-ris-toh-LOH-kee-uh…glad and thrilled to get acquainted to this new species and the host- specific butterfly.
Completely new to me…this has left me hungry for more…more a-ris-toh-LOH-kee-uh and more butterflies…
Thanks for making me wander the new garden paths and enabling me to know newer beauties.

By: karthik

karthik — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:41:01 +0000

Hello Sagar. Yes you should be able to grow Aristolochia species in your garden. I have seen them being grown in home gardens.

By: Sagar Chandane

Sagar Chandane — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:30:50 +0000

great work u done. is it possible to plantation aristolochia species in my garden. you know about ceropegia species.

By: parul

parul — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:13:22 +0000

Good information

By: Rohit

Rohit — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:54:39 +0000

The Macro shot of the caterpillar was incredible! Thanks for sharing this information.

By: lakshmi

lakshmi — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:35:39 +0000

I almost felt like I was walking along with you while reading the post..thanks so much for the info

By: Uma K

Uma K — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:22:11 +0000

Wonderful info and photographs!! The macro of the caterpillar is superb!! Thanks for yet another nugget!!

By: Deepa Mohan

Deepa Mohan — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 01:15:32 +0000

Thank for the Aristolochia info. I’ve seen them as ornamentals in a few gardens but didn’t know they were such interesting plants!

By: Sumana

Sumana — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 13:16:46 +0000

Interesting facts and nice pictures, Karthik…

By: Santosh

Santosh — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:02:20 +0000

very informative post… can recollect the same discussed during NTP, the macro shot of the caterpillar is awesome!