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Aristolochia ringens

Aristolochia ringens

Product number: 641124
Origin: Central and South America
Latin: Aristolochia ringens

A climber with large, heart-shaped leaves, forming a substantial, overlapping mass of foliage. The spectacular flowers are a surprise, with their bizarre shape: from a bladder-shaped, white-purple speckled base grows a large purple, narrow lower lip and a purple speckled smaller upper lip... You have to see them to understand! The plant must be overwintered frost-free.

Names:
Latin: Aristolochia ringens
Dutch: Gapende Duitse Pijp
English: Gaping Dutchman's Pipe

Sowing method: First, place in a warm and humid spot for 6-8 weeks (seed swells). If nothing germinates, put the seed tray in the refrigerator for 4-8 weeks. Then, return to a warmer spot. If germination does not occur, repeat the cycle.

Sowing/planting time:

March
April
May

Harvesting time:

Not applicable / Not known

Soil type:

All soil types

Cultivation location:

Indoors
Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

Sun
Partial shade

Flower colour: White-purple speckled flowers with purple lower and upper lips
Origin: Central and South America
Average growth height: More than 200 cm
Annual or perennial: Perennial
Attractive to insects: Various insects
Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
Ease of cultivation: Advanced