The Jade Vine (not to be confused with the jade plant also known as money tree) is an unusual plant native to the Philippines and is closely related to beans and peas. It grows into a monstrous vine with stems of up to 60 feet (18 meters) and once mature will hang hundreds of cascading flowers, dangling from stems as long as 10 feet (3 meters). These flowers range from a lovely turquoise color to a mint green. The flowers above were photographed from a mighty vine growing inside the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory (photo below) at the New York Botanical Gardens. It is a temperature controlled glass house that contains many tropical plants, which like myself, are most intolerant of New York winters. Happy weekend everyone!
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fascinating plant, very unique colors!
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Yes, its very striking…at first I thought they had artificially colored it.
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So unusual–the color reminds me very much of that of glacial ice and rivers that emanate from glaciers.
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Great comparison, I love it!
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What a very beautiful color and post. Thanks so much for this Laura
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Your welcome, the color was so interesting, and I’m glad the photo was able to capture it.
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It does (and you do) very well at that Laura
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This Jade Vine is so wonderful! Love the natural colors 😍
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Me too 🙂
So glad they came out in the photo…without any help from me.
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Elegantly composed vine picture
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Thanks Derrick, I appreciate your compliment!
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My wife is from the Philippines but she’s never seen one of these. Here’s more information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strongylodon_macrobotrys
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Thanks Steve, that’s usually where I get my info from 😉
The pic they have is also taken from the New York botanical gardens.
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Yes, I noticed that the New York Botanical Gardens provided that photo as well.
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How beautiful and interesting. I really like the mint green colour and form of these blooms. They are like tiny elf shoes 🙂
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Wow. I’ve never seen Jade Vine before… what fascinating-looking flowers! And that conservatory is officially on my list of places I’d love to visit! XD
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It’s a lovely place to visit, and they always change their exhibitions within the conservatory, so you can wait for something you really like. The rest of the botanical gardens has so much to see as well.
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