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| I had a plant die recently, from causes that are not clear to me (although it did have spider mites). I noticed today that the plant has some fruits on it. I don't know yet if the seeds are viable. If they are I will make them available for postage. The plant is Passiflora herbertiana.
I bought the plant in May, at a local nursery, I think for $14, in bloom and in bud. I didn't notice the spider mites until I got it home. The wholesaler was Suncrest.
Passiflora herbertiana is of interest because the flowers, fairly large for a Decaloba, open yellow then change to orange, colors that are not common among Passifloras. They also last for several days.
They actually get more orange than this photo:
The plant is also self-fertile and readily produces viable seed. Viable that is, if the fruit has matured sufficiently. Reports that I have read suggest that fruit takes 3-4 months to ripen (although it's possible seeds could mature more quickly). Of the 4 fruits on my dead vine, two fell off upon touching them:
I removed the seeds of the larger one and spread them out to dry. There appears to be on the order of 500, maybe. I'm going to test some for germination. Passiflora herbertiana has a reputation for being fairly easy to germinate and quick to bloom (see for example the link to Myles Irvine's site at the bottom).
If the seeds are viable I will offer them for postage. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Myles Irvine's page on Passiflora herbertiana
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| They look viable to me, especially if the fruit fell off so easily. If you have an excess, you can give some to the PSI seedbank. |
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| Hi Dave, Thanks for the suggestion. I will give seeds to the PSI as well, assuming some are viable. I opened all 4 fruits (which means 4 separate tests for viability, I think). The last one looked by far the worst, with a mix of black, brown and white seeds:
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| Randy I agree that the majority of the seeds (dark ones) look viable. I'd love to get a few. The decalobas seem to grow the best for me. |
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| Yeah, P. herbertiana is known to self, and create a large amount of viable seeds even with green fruit. The PSI will be happy to accept your donation :) |
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| Eric do you want morifolia seeds? I have so much fruit and nothing eats it. I have quite a bit of seed from one of the foetidas you sent me too. Unfortunately I don't know which. It's the white/pink self fertile variety. The pale blue/white with the dark purple corona is not self fertile. Not sure which that one was either. Labels and I have a difficult relationship. |
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