A mass of orange-scarlet flame vine (Bignonia venusta, now Pyrostegia venusta) cloaks a long hedge and climbs a tall tree in a sunny Florida garden, with lawn and shrubbery in the foreground. The card presents the plant as a Florida ornamental, a Brazilian vine widely grown in the warm, frost-free parts of the state, where it flowers in winter and early spring. The caption uses the older botanical name Bignonia venusta.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
How would you like to see this place it is much more beautiful
than it appears the card
does not do [illegible] the other day and saw
[illegible] coming for you he is looking
[illegible] the weather is fine here now
and have not the winds they
are from out at the flowers are
in bloom and I will try to
get some kind of a
[illegible] on it in a few days
with love to all
[illegible] Dunedin Fla
White border; fine crosshatch linen texture; printed number 99715 at lower right; light edge and corner wear with minor soiling.
Postmark: [illegible] FLA MAR 27 7:30 PM 1923. Divided back, white border, halftone print; Florida Series published by Asheville Post Card Co.; light edge wear and toning.
Cite this card
Flame vine (Bignonia venusta) in bloom, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/flame-vine-bignonia-venusta-in-bloom-florida-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.
