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Manager, Wings of the Tropics at Fairchild

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Pleased to see more people will be contacted, what about my "at high risk, 65 year old wife, a frequent Jackson South inpatient" and myself, her 67 year old caregiver?
Something seems "not quite right" here.

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Male and female flowers of Gurania makoyana (Cucurbitaceae), a major pollen source for Heliconid butterflies, in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden

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Panacea prola, from Ecuador.

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Heliconius melpomone varieties, from Ecuador, with full loads of pollen but seeking something else from the handrail of the bridge in Wings of the Tropics @fairchildgarden

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newly emerged Agrias amydon "philatelica", from Costa Rica, still inside the cage in our metamorphosis lab for Wings of the Tropics @Fairchildgarden

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Morpho achilles basking in the early morning sun today in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden

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A new Tropical Ironwood, Quechualia fulta, sent to us from our colleagues at the Butterfly Rainforest, Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainsville, planted in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden this morning and already popular with Idea leuconoe (Paper Kite butterfly).

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Vernonanthura patens flowering in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden, a recently introduced nectar plant which I collected in Costa Rica in February 2018. Already popular with a number of butterfly species.

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Heliconius antiochus, from Suriname, feeding from Psiguria triphylla in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden

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From 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., we'll be installing a native endangered orchid on Facebook and Instagram LIVE, for every donation over $25! You give, we plant. Can we reach a million orchids? Give now https://t.co/y7aajVVdnw and let the planting frenzy begin! #MillionOrchidProject

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One of the many color forms of Heliconius melpomone from Ecuador, in Wings of the Tropics @Fairchildgarden

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Idea leuconoe feeding from female flowers of Psiguria ternata in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden this morning.

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Warszewiczia coccinia "David Auyang" which I transplanted from the rare plant conservatory, now blooming in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden.

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One of several color forms of Heliconius melpomone from Ecuador feeding in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden this morning

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Heliconius doris feeding from Psiguria pedata in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden

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Heliconius hecale with its proboscis covered in pollen from Psychotria poeppigiana in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden

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Heliconius atthis, from Ecuador, feeding from the flower of Psychotria poeppigiana in Wings of the Tropics @Fairchildgarden

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Palicourea guianensis (Rubiaceae) destined for Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden; cuttings and seeds collected yesterday.

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2 new species of Psychotria, P,elata and P.chiriquensis, collected as cuttings on my current trip to Costa Rica where I am looking for new and unusual butterfly nectar plants for use in Wings of the Tropics @FairchildGarden

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Transplant Friday...Fairchild Garden volunteer Judy Stewart putting the finishing touches to a Warszewiczia coccinea we transplanted from our rare plant house into the Wings of the Tropics butterfly exhibit @FairchildGarden this morning