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05-09-2009, 01:07 AM
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A couple new hybrids opened in the garden yesterday;
P. racemosa x P. actinia   P. 'Pura Vida' blue form. 
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07-29-2009, 06:37 AM
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Passiflora
I just moved into a new studio on one of the cool, misty hills in San Francisco. It happens to be a really great place to grow Tasconia passionflowers.
The garden has a lot of beautiful vines, but my favorite is the Passiflora parritae which I've only ever seen once elsewhere, in the Strybing Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park. As far as I know, there was only one collection ever made from the wild. When they're open the flowers are very large and flat, when they're closed, the buds look like crazy squid-like balloons hanging from the trees. Passiflora parritae  Passiflora luzmarina  Passiflora antioquiensis with a bee.  I've planted up 20 seeds from the Passiflora antioquiensis (the fruit was delicious) so maybe eventually I'll have some to share. |
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07-29-2009, 06:44 AM
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WOW! I've seen many Passiflora, but none like these! Incredible! I'd love to get a hold of these...
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07-29-2009, 06:46 AM
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Absolutely spectacular! Thanks for posting these awesome photos!
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07-29-2009, 06:47 AM
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Neat. They remind me a little of passion flowers.
Oops -- I guess they are! |
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07-29-2009, 07:21 AM
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I have many many seeds that I need to figure out something to do with
 I'd be happy to engage in a seed for seed trade! |
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07-29-2009, 07:28 AM
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Very gorgeous blooms..
But I think they do better cool/intermediate. The only passiflora that does reasonably well in the lowlands is a blue one (P. caerulea I think)..
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07-29-2009, 07:41 AM
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There's also really beautiful red, white and pink Lapageria rosea and Clematis in the yard, very vine-heavy.
 
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07-29-2009, 07:58 PM
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Very nice. Do you think any of these would do well in the East Bay?
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07-29-2009, 10:03 PM
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 FABULOUS!!! Never seen anything like 'em! Thanks for posting/sharing! |
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07-29-2009, 11:41 PM
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07-30-2009, 02:03 AM
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Next to orchids, I think the Passiflora have the most interesting floral morphology. Every part of the anatomy seems to be so exaggerated!
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07-30-2009, 02:15 AM
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Wow, these are gorgeous! The colour of Passiflora parritae really pops, I can see why it's a favourite.
Btw, can you share any tips especially for germinating the seeds? My OH really likes these plants and tried sowing some a few months ago but without much success. |
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07-30-2009, 03:33 AM
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Lovely!
I grow Passiflora here in southern Ontario...but they have to come inside in the winter so it makes for lesser blooms in the summer I find. Thanks for sharing! |
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07-30-2009, 03:54 AM
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Fantastic colors - I've never seen any of those species before. WOW! I grow the common Passion Flower, Passiflora caerulea, and have always thought it was exotic. But man, compared to the ones posted here, it kind of pales...
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07-30-2009, 05:43 AM
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07-30-2009, 05:53 AM
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07-30-2009, 09:57 PM
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08-19-2009, 11:20 PM
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Wow, these are so beautiful too! I could REALLY get into Passifloras. I've got 'Incense' and quadrangularis already. This is a super cool family of plants!
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08-20-2009, 12:17 AM
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Two of my orchid friends just had their's open this past week. I think they look so much like feathers. Great photos...thanks for posting.
--Allen-- |
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