Ooooooooooooh VERY Nice jblaschke
Please share some photos when you can and Please can you share some tips on getting the foetida seed to germanate?
Thank You

I want too Iv looked for some time for these thx for the post I will sure look in to this .

Ninecrow, remember that foetida has dozens of varieties that are distinct enough to be considered subspecies so what works for one might not work for another. Gossypiifolia ranges from deep into Mexico to South Texas (it will grow out-of-doors from roughly Austin southward, but in its native range it doesn't grow north of San Antonio) so is one of the more cold-hardy foetidas. Arizonica may be more cold hardy, but I believe it was reclassified recently and is no longer a foetida, but a closely allied species.

Anyhoo, Hosage told me to not bother planting any seed until June. If planted fresh, it will readily sprout, but the seedlings really need heat to flourish and harden off. In cooler weather they're more susceptible to die off, root rot, etc. The key is "the hotter, the better." This may well hold true for other tropical varieties as well.

He also said that unlike other passiflora like incarnata or caerulea, this one will happily grow in waterlogged, boggy conditions once it is established. He collected the seeds originally from wild plants growing on the damp coastal plains outside of Port Aransas, Texas some years back. That's very flat land with poor drainage and lots of salt carried by the wind from the coast. And when the land there isn't boggy wet, it's parched and drought-stricken. So it's a pretty durable plant. :-)

Thanks for the info jblaschke...

I'll post photos of my foetida When it Decides to Flower. Think I need another to get fuller Fruit.... *Sigh* So I'm looking for some ideas, looking into what might work in a Hot Sunny Window here in England...

What variety do you have? Do you know? Both of my gossypiifolia were grown from seed (they're not clones) so they'll pollenate each other and I'll have more seed than I can use. If you don't mind having foetida mutts, I'd be happy to send you some to grow pollenator plants for yours.

My acquisitions. All 7'8" of them.

Thank You for posting the Photos jblaschke, Might have Teeny Tiny Buds on mine.... Please post photos of your Flowers and I'll post mine
Thanks

Good deal. I'm glad you were finally able to find it and such a great price! What else did he have growing? Anything interesting?
Karyn

They had lots of interesting Texas natives, vines, trees, shrubs etc. But I didn't have time to linger, unfortunately.