Honestly, I don't care if you only have one Passiflora, and it is P. caerulea... post your favorite picture. If you don't know how, let me know and I, (or someone who beats me to it), can instruct you.

Is it blooming today? Last week? Last month? Last year? It doesn't matter. Post it anyway, as some flowers have never been seen be many people. You don't need a reason, or a description, or anything other than the name. Don't feel obligated to type a whole paragraph about it, though that is kindly taken as well.

I'll put some on tomorrow or the next day. I think I have a few that will be fun to share.

Happy photo taking!

Eric

Well, here's two to start. The first is 'Elizabeth', which I'm growing in my greenhouse. I love the fat, wavy filaments:

The second one is antioquiensis, which does so well in cool San Francisco. It's great how they dangle overhead on long peduncles:

I saw 'Mission Dolores' (P. parritae x P. antioquiensis) in bloom on Saturday and was really impressed. Obviously the flowers are bigger than antioquiensis--but particularly striking are the peduncles--on average are they longer? Is the plant more floriferous? Does it bloom at a relatively small size? And is it self-fertile?

Lots of questions, as usual. Thanks.

For those of you who haven't seen a photo of it, here's 'Mission Dolores':

Yes, it's bigger than antioquiensis, about 6-7" dia, and the peduncles are longer, about 18-24". It doesn't seem to be any more floriferous than its parents, or blooming on small plants. I don't know if it's self-fertile.

I tried to not include too many things that are extremely common. These were all taken within the last couple of weeks:

Here's P. loefgrenii 'Iporanga', who is rapidly becoming one of my favorites. He seems to be able to pollinate anything... he's a stallion! Unfortunately, he won't set a fruit of his own.

P. loefgrenii x P. caerulea

P. loefgrenii x P. caerulea with huge fruit from P. loefgrenii 'Iporanga' pollen after about 10 days.

The two next to each other for comparison.

P. 'Donna Brigham'

P. manicata

A different perspective on P. x exoniensis

P. 'Quazar'

P. 'Indigo Dreams' about to open.

P. 'Witchcraft' mutated as usual, though not as weird as some of them can be.

P. foetida - not sure which one.

P. umbilicata x P. tucumanensis - he finally started blooming again. He really didn't like the high temps we had for a while there. This is one of my favorites, and one that I am trying many hybrids with.

That's it for now. If I get some other unusual ones soon, I'll be sure to post them.

Eric

I think it's amazing how P. loefgrenii x P. caerulea really looks like a roughly equal mix of the two flowers. You could look at it and quickly figure out who the parents are.

Eric

Josh

I really like that loefgreni x caerulea, but just to clarify--the pollen donor was caerulea?

Also, how do you post the photos so that they show up, rather than just appearing as a link? I have a Flickr account, but can't figure out how to get the pics to show up in the post.

Thanks!
Mark

This one is quickly becoming my favorite, P. 'Guglielmo Betto'.

P. serratifolia

P. 'ByTe' (Byron Beauty x Temptation)

Byron Beauty x Inspiration x Temptation

Incense x incarnata

~kiwinut

I really like my nephrodes too, even though it goes a while between setting off blooms:

I had a retipetala plant a couple of years ago that only put out a single bloom, then eventually languished and died (I think the Miracle Gro potting soil it was in was too acidic). Fortunately, I have another one that I am growing from seed, but it is a first year plant, so it won't bloom until next year.

Here is one of my Incense x caerulea hybrids that bloomed this summer. I still haven't decided if I want to register it. It looks somewhat similar to Blue Bouquet.

Here is the second Incense x caerulea. I have about 5 or 6 more that haven't bloomed yet.

That's all for now!
Mark

I'll try to get pics of my P. colinvauxii downloaded soon, as well as others as they bloom. I can't wait for Crystal's 2008 hybrids to bloom. Two different ones have buds on them!

Eric Wortman

I didn't know there was a blue one either! Wait... perhaps there isn't. This was from a plant purchased from Georgia Vines many years ago by a friend. I am not very familiar with the consistency of that nursery, so for all I know, it could be mislabeled. The question then is, "What is it?"

It has all the characteristics of a P. foetida, though there are certainly others closely related. Here's a pic of the bract:

I have a picture of the leaf on the "leaves" string.

If anyone has any idea what this may be other than P. foetida, please let me know.

Eric

Adularia

perfoliata

citrina

foetida

aurantia...unusual little guy

tricuspis

and lastly colinvauxii

I feel like I posted to many pics but I was in the moment hehe...first time posting pics on here so it took me a bit haha.

Enjoy!

Kevin

P. sanguinolenta

From Passiflora

P. 'Lady Margaret'

From Passiflora

P. 'Crimson Tears' funky and mutated as it can sometimes be

From Passiflora

P. amethystina 'Minas Gerais'

From Passiflora

Hope to see more Passies from you all!
Crystal

So nice to meet you all!
Stacy

'Violetta' and 'Capsularis'

'Colinvauxii'

'Clear Sky'

'Betty Myles Young'

'Inspiration Blue Violet'

'Pure Vida #7'

'Raspberry Strudel'

'x. allardii'

...and then, I'm playing around trying to duplicate the older floral illustrations.... having fun with it anyway!

I love looking at all of your pictures!

You don't have your email listed on your main page. Please send me an email. I'd like to discuss a few things with you outside of this posting.

Eric Wortman

Kevin

Here are a couple other "paintings" I've done this week... it's kind of getting addicting! Hope it's ok to post these here. None of my friends can "appreciate" the passion flower like you guys do!
'Blue Inspiration Violet"

'Purple Vida'

Off to work on another one.... :)

P. incense

P. arida

P. pure vida purple

...and my first ever capture of a hummingbird at one of my flowers and it just happend to be P. sanquinolenta (love, love this one)!

... my favorite "painting" so far...

Having fun!

Number 2 and number 3 are growing right next to one another, and quite tangled among themselves. They both put out a single bloom today. I really like the number 2, but the buds need help to fully open. If I don't peel back the petals from the stigmae, the flower won't open.

I've got three more incense x caerulea plants that haven't bloomed yet, plus I'm waiting on some more seeds to sprout. I've got some goodies to plant next spring, including some Lady Margaret x nephrodes seeds.

Mark

Josh

Here is a close-up of P. 'Raspberry Strudel'...

This is the first bloom on my P. 'Pure Vida'!

more pics of P. 'Raspberry Strudel'...

So pretty! I look forward to each bloom, every day!

P. kermesina bloomed it's first two blooms the same day! Very cool. Similar to P. loefgrenii, but brighter pink and less coronal filaments. Perhaps also just a tad larger, though I don't have them both open to compare.

Keep the pics coming! Everyone has put up such beautiful pictures, my wish-list has increased tremendously.

Happy gardening!
Eric

P. 'Adularia'

P. 'Sapphire'

P. quinquangularis (2)

P. nigradenia (2)

Keep 'em coming!
Eric

P. Reflexiflora

P.Edulis Flavicarpa

P. Sanguinolenta

Passiflora L.Lavendar

P.Incense

P. Kermesina

P. Blue Bouquet

p. Cincinnata

My sanquinolenta has become so light in color since I brought it indoors. I couldn't believe the immediate difference in color. I've noticed the same thing with my 'Marian' plant... it's almost completely white now since I brought it indoors.

Always interesting!