Nick,

I'll be blunt. I'm skeptical of this, because I've never heard of a P. parritae that is mature and/or blooming size at 6 feet. I've never actually heard of the plant blooming in a pot, and I've asked around a bit. I was told (by people at Strybing) that it was likely it could bloom in a 5 gallon pot, although they hadn't heard of anyone doing this. 6 feet is a still a small P. parritae.

Please elaborate: where did you buy the plant? what is the evidence it is truly P. parritae? What is the evidence it has already bloomed? Was it cut back to only 6 feet?

A photo of course would be nice, but it wouldn't tell everything.

I am of course willing to be surprised, but I will be very surprised.

Hi Nick,

I hate to be a bubble burster, but I agree with mark4321. Hopefully, you live in a climate that will be great for the plant, and/or you have the cool greenhouse. In time, there is no reason it should not bloom if you have the right conditions.

first off passiflora parritae will flower after reaching 3-4 meters or 9-12 feet, ill go buy a camera so i can show u the cut where it was cut to about five feet to make easyer for shipping. and has plenty of new shoots. not only do i have a cool greenhouse known as a springhouse. and also the right shade coverage for it. I have in my collection three other Tasconia-type passifloras that do extremly well and flower through the year on and off so im certin i will be just fun as two the five gallon remark i dont care what the Strybing people said. In my experiance a two gallon will be more then fine. ALL and I mean ALL passiflora flower better and more often with well bound roots. The five gallon would only increase new shoots and growth not flowering. If I was to grow a large plant like strybring i would grow up a tree. But im not.

Hello Nick,

I would disagree with some of your assertions but it sounds like you have it all figured out. Congratulations on your new plant. I wish you the best of luck.

Eric Wortman

I'm very skeptical too. I'd like to see a photo. I've never seen a parritae bloon anywhere near that size. Where did you get it?

Nickisking:

I'm not sure if you realize that some of the people who were asking probing questions about your new plant have grown hundreds or thousands of Passiflora plants. I have only grown a few hundred Passiflora, only a few dozen tacsonia, and only a handful of P. parritae plants, but I can tell you this much about my experience:

My most mature P. parritae is over 5 meters tall, is very lush, is in the perfect conditions for the species, and has not yet bloomed.

I have never heard of a P. parritae blooming in a pot. I am hoping mine might bloom this year. I also hope that yours does. But we would be the first as far as I or anyone I've asked knows. If you know of someone who has flowered P. parritae in a pot, I'd be thrilled to hear about it.

I would be careful about generalizations like "ALL and I mean ALL passiflora flower better and more often with well bound roots." I can tell you in my experience many Passiflora flower better and more often when planted in the ground with tons of room to grow.

just my two cents.

Shawn, you are my hero...

I think the "king" has left the room : )