MISSING YOU SO MUCH.... MUITAS SAUDADES DE VOCÊ...

It's time of Flame Vine, (Pyrostegia venusta) in Portuguese known as "Flor-de-São João", originally endemic to Brazil. These beautiful orange flowers begins to bloom in May and runs until September. They are considered invasive and climbs with its tendrils and curling up in the branches and on the canopy of trees, spreading through the undergrowth, climbing up the lampposts and curling up in telephone wires and electricity. They have medicinal properties and are toxic too.
É tempo de "Flor-de-São-João" (Pyrostegia venusta), uma trepadeira lenhosa, nativa do Brasil. Estas lindas flores alaranjadas são consideradas invasivas e começam a florescer em maio e são encontradas até o mês de setembro. Elas sobem e se enrolam nos galhos e nas copas das árvores, espalhando-se pela vegetação rasteira, galgando os postes de iluminação, se enroscando nos fios de telefone e eletricidade. As flores de São João têm propriedades medicinais e também tóxicas.

Remembering my dearest Carlos walking with our cute Flora! Relembrando meu querido Carlos passeando com a nossa companheira Flora!

Photos taken by my dearest Carlos near our house and at the edge of Jurumirim Dam. Missing you so much dear Carlos!
Fotos tiradas pelo meu querido Carlos perto de casa e às margens da Represa Jurumirim. Quantas saudades, meu querido Carlos!

FLAME VINE... FLOR-DE-SÃO-JOÃO...

Wishing you all a pleasant week!

Desejo a todos uma agradável semana!

Photos taken by myself in my yard.

Love these orange Flame Vine, (Pyrostegia venusta), in Portuguese known as "Flor-de-São João". These orange flowers, considered invasive, is a woody climber that climbs with its tendrils. Popularly known as Fleur-de-Saint-John and Cipo-de-Saint-John, almost all native to Brazil, is found in roadsides, ravines and fences. They begins to bloom in May and runs until September, varying in each state of Brazil. It has medicinal properties and toxic.
Como são lindas estas flores alaranjadas! Considerada uma planta invasiva, a Flor-de-São-João ou Cipó-de-São-João (Pyrostegia venusta), é uma trepadeira lenhosa, nativa em quase todo Brasil, encontrada em beira de estradas, barrancos e cercas. O nome vem do seu uso em festividades juninas de São João.  Ela começa a florescer em maio e vai até o mês de setembro, variando em cada estado do Brasil. Possui propriedades medicinais e tóxicas.

IT'S THE TIME OF ORANGE FLOWERS... É TEMPO DAS FLORES COR-DE-LARANJA...

Photos taken in June 19, 2006, in my neighborhood.

It's the time of Flame Vine, (Pyrostegia venusta) in Portuguese known as "Flor-de-São João". The orange flowers will soon be rising and curling up in the branches and on the canopy of trees, spreading through the undergrowth, climbing up the lampposts and curling up in telephone wires and electricity. Considered invasive, Flame Vine is a woody climber that climbs with its tendrils. Pyrostegia venusta, popularly known as Fleur-de-Saint-John and Cipo-de-Saint-John, in almost all native to Brazil, is found in roadsides, ravines and fences. Multiplication is by cuttings or seeds. Begins to bloom in May and runs until September, varying in each state of Brazil. It has medicinal properties and toxic.

É tempo de Flor-de-São-João. As flores alaranjadas logo estarão subindo e se enrolando nos galhos e nas copas das árvores, espalhando-se pela vegetação rasteira, galgando os postes de iluminação e se enrolando nos fios de telefone e eletricidade. Considerada invasiva, essa flor cor de laranja enfeita a vegetação nesta época do ano. Pyrostegia venusta, conhecida popularmente como Flor-de-São-João e Cipó-de-São-João, nativa em quase todo Brasil, é uma trepadeira lenhosa, encontrada em beira de estradas, barrancos e cercas. O nome vem do seu uso em festividades juninas de São João. A multiplicação é por meio de estacas ou sementes. Começa a florescer em maio e vai até o mês de setembro, variando em cada estado do Brasil. Possui propriedades medicinais e tóxicas.

BRAZILIAN FLAME VINE...FLOR-DE-SÃO-JOÃO...

The weather here has been beautiful. The sun is shining and is pleasantly warm and the sky is a beautiful blue. In my neighborhood we came across with more Flame Vine, Flor-de-São João in Portuguese. They are beautiful and we couldn't pass without taking more photos.

More information about Flame Vine

Flame Vine (Pyrostegia venusta), "is a woody climber that climbs with its tendrils. Has ability to smother trees. Gardeners must spend a great deal of energy to prevent the plant from overwhelming everything. Flame Vine is no toxic to animals, is not parasitic, don’t causes allergies or is otherwise toxic to humans, don’t creates a fire hazard in natural ecosystems, tolerates a wide range of soil conditions (or limestone conditions if not a volcanic island) and no propagules bird dispersed. This ornamental climber has become an invasive weed in São Paulo crops and studies of its reproductive cycle were conducted as part of a program to investigate its control."

"Flame vine, with its showy red-orange flowers, was brought to the United States from Brazil for landscape purposes. It was planted as a landscape vine at Archbold Biological Station's. Flame Vine is considered locally invasive or show potential to become invasive at Archbold Biological Station, but are not listed as Category I or II by the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. This two category are about invasive exotics that are altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives."

"This trailing or climbing evergreen vine is known for it's bright orange tubular flowers that bloom in February to April. It's leaves are compound with two leaflets. No fruits have been observed on this plant at Archbold Biological Station. This species forms numerous matrices of trailing vines that attach to limbs and branches by tendrils and spread high into the canopy. Flame vine is easily propagated by stem fragmentation, which appears to have caused the spread of this plant along the fire lanes in the NE Tract at Archbold.

Photos by Carlos A. Mascaro and Sonia A. Mascaro

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