wtf is this flower that's taking over my backyard?!

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Old 06-24-2007, 04:38 PM
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wtf is this flower that's taking over my backyard?!

This flower is growing off of a bush that is taking over my backyard and fence, I keep cutting it back and it grows back like a weed... I've asked many friends about it but i have gotten no answers to what kind of plant it is.... well here ya go...


Shot with DSC-S40.

^ They're only active at night time, in the day they're like this....V


Shot with DSC-S40.

and here's what's behind each of the flowers


Shot with DSC-S40.

So any ideas on what this thing is??
Old 06-24-2007, 04:53 PM
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Dutchmans pipe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristolochia_elegans
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Man, looks kinda gross.
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Yuck.
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Looks like you are going to need to find where the vine is rooted and chop it.

I wonder what that guy would think about some Round Up.
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AH THANK YOU! I can't wait till I get rid of them, they're even starting to grow on my garage now.
Old 06-24-2007, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by doopstr
Looks like you are going to need to find where the vine is rooted and chop it.

I wonder what that guy would think about some Round Up.
One problem, i dont want to kill these awesome looking random flowers that grow in the vine of the dutchman's pipe. Oh yah what are they??? My backyard is full of random plants and flowers >.<


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that thing looks freaky~ i say u nuke it..ok nvm, thats too harsh..juss plant some c4's behind it. =P
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Looks like a body catcher pod when closed.
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Old 06-25-2007, 10:22 AM
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Old 06-26-2007, 09:12 AM
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wtf? do u live in the amazon?
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those are gorgeous
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That first one looks like a scrotum - it should be terminated for that reason alone. That second one looks alot like some passion fruit vines I had planted in my backyard - our's were purple and were so pretty that at first I thought they were fake (in the store). Home Depot carried them at least they did last year - they aren't too hardy for temperatures below freezing, but they always came back in the spring - just had to start over from the ground up was all.
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Originally Posted by soopa
wtf? do u live in the amazon?
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Originally Posted by soopa
wtf? do u live in the amazon?
@ the responses

hrm.... Houston has Amazon like weather.... (200% humidity, 100 degrees).... I may just chop them all away since they're not growing in a place where many people can see it (some more random flowers that aren't as wild looking take the attention of people who really know plants and stuff because they're supposedly REALLY REALLY hard to grow and keep alive, but all I do is look at them and they come back every year looking great... I guess I should be happy since I rarely do anything to my backyard...)

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Originally Posted by Gpump
That first one looks like a scrotum - it should be terminated for that reason alone. That second one looks alot like some passion fruit vines I had planted in my backyard - our's were purple and were so pretty that at first I thought they were fake (in the store). Home Depot carried them at least they did last year - they aren't too hardy for temperatures below freezing, but they always came back in the spring - just had to start over from the ground up was all.
Hrm it's past spring but those pictures were taken in the middle of december.... I wonder what the back of my garage looks like now... oh well pics tomolo...
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Just went into my backyard today, everything is pretty much lifeless back there, oh well i'll revive the thread when things come back to life.
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Originally Posted by joerockt
Who knew joerockt was a florist?
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Who knew joerockt was a florist?
I'm a man of many talents...just ask your wife
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