I have already moved the photos to the Golden Shrimp plant databasefile with the help of @zuzu. I too am a big fan of the Acanthaceae family and hope to find more Justicia species because it is especially popular as a host plant for butterflies here. The Golden Shrimp plant was a gift a few years ago and i was told it was a Yellow J. brandegeeana and just didn't question that. I should have become suspicious because the crescent butterflies use the Red Shrimp plant as a host but have never touched the Golden Yellow although the hummingbirds seem to like both plants equally well. I call them my hummingbird feeders...year around, no need for plastic feeders with sugar water.
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