Cadena De Amor (Antigonon leptopus ) was common vine here at Basak, Lapu-Lapu City where we are living and this vine is memorable to me because this was the first plant where I capture a worker bee gathering pollen and nectar on a photograph, i was not yet into beekeeping that time. Cadena-de-amor is a climbinhg, somewhat woody, perennial vine, with stems attaining a length of 10 meters. Leaves are alternate, ovate to oblong-ovate, with cordate base, serrate margins, up to 10 centimeters long. Flowers are borne in racemes at the upper axils of the terminal parts of the branches, the rachis of the racemes producing tendrils. Flowers are white or pale to deep pink, up to 2 centimeters long, with 5-parted and persistent perianth. Fruit is an ovoid achene, about 1 centimeters long, broad at the base, narrowing towards the tip, loosely surrounded by the persistent lobes of the flower.
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Dilan's Apiary
Address: Kagudoy Road, Basak, Lapu-Lapu City Archives
June 2022
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