Callaeum macropterum syn. Mascagnia macroptera.
Hailing from Baja, California and Mexico,
this plant is also sometimes called butterfly pea vine, yellow orchid vine, or gallinita.
The tag on the pot when I bought it at The Bluebonnet House in Chappell Hill said Mexican Butterfly Vine.
The first year we had it I kept wondering why it had the name Butterfly Vine when the flowers didn’t look at all like butterflies.
Then this year some seed pods appeared.
It’s doing well in a pot on the north side of our house. Gets lots of sun.
Butterflies and hummingbirds like it and the little yellow flowers are cheerful.
The seed pods which resemble butterflies first appear a chartreuse green and then turn brown.
The second photo shows the seed pods.
Clerodendrum Bungei
I think the leaves are attractive and the smell of almond. The plant can get about 6 feet.
The blooms also have a pleasant scent and the butterflies love them! Especially the swallowtails.
The leaves wilt in the heat until you think the plant’s a goner, but I don’t think anything can kill it.
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