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I Just Couldn't Wait Any Longer......

16 years ago

so I ordered some gulf frit eggs from Shady Oak Butterfly Farm. All this passionvine and no cats on it! :( And since I had an order in anyway, I ordered some more passiflora incarnata - you can't have too much of that one! I figure ordering eggs will make a gulf frit show up tomorrow and lay eggs all over my vines, anyway! :)

My 'Incense' opened its first flower this morning - it is SO beautiful, like a p. incarnata flower only darker purple at the base and bigger!

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MissSherry

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sandwhy
16 years ago
WOW!!!!!!!!!! Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mcronin
16 years ago
What a beautiful flower! Thanks for sharing.

mike
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leo_butterflylover
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Beautifull MissSherry!

Leo.
susanlynne48
16 years ago
That's the one I have MissSherry, and the flowers are gorgeous. Altho I usually only see one or two every year. By the time my plants are ready to bloom, the gulf frits have usually taken over, and it seems that the blooms are their favorite part of the vine!

I have a new P. ceurulea this year, too, though, so I might be able to move a few to it, if I don't have many cats, so I can actually see some bloom. If not, it's no big deal - would rather see butterflies anyway.

We are all so patient, aren't we?

Susan
MissSherry
Original Author
16 years ago
Well, I'm getting impatient about gulf frits, Susan - they're one of those butterflies that hangs around all the time if you've got passionvines and nectar plants, and I really love them - no other orange butterfly is as intensely orange as a newly emerged male gulf frit!
I got an e-mail from Shady Oaks, and Michelle said they don't have any gulf frit eggs now, but they should have some in a few weeks. She quoted me a big price for shipping them, so I just asked her to cancel my order.
I just need to be patient! :)
MissSherry
Msrpaul
16 years ago
YOu just beat me.....I have all P carulea...and I'm in LOVE with P insense....I have 1 small one. I just called Shady OAk, and they have no frit eggs.....yet.....and the ZLW's have not been laying because of the smoke. But I did order some GST'sm they're going to ship 1st instar. Gonna look into a USDA permit to expand my species, as they have severl that are native to my state but can't ship w/o a permit....
angie83
16 years ago
Dont give up yet I just got my first GF eggs this year too .They just alittle slow this year but they will be around.I saw 2 today laying eggs on my 'Incense' so sure hope to see more they seem to perfer incense to my P carulea which is sad I have planted a ton for them now they want my zebra bait hehehe
susanlynne48
16 years ago
I don't usually get my GFs until late summer anyway, but I think Linda said she had some already. It's just frustrating how sometimes they heavily populate a particular area one summer, and they make you wait on pins and needles the next. I think we should sit them down and have a talk about this behavior! LOL!

GFs are indeed one of the most beautiful butterflies IMHO. Not only are their uppersides gorgeous, but the undersides are gorgeous as well. Not true of most butterflies whose undersides are often a mousy, leafy color to deter predation.

Susan

Susan

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