I wonder what the cross was

16 years ago

One of my P amethystina seed parent passies has bloomed. I have no idea what passie pollinated it. The foliage, colors and size of the bloom are similar to the amethystina but not the shape. It's a pretty flower.

Karyn

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chena
16 years ago
Karen that is Beautiful.. Have you found any other blooms on it...
Chena
karyn1
Original Author
16 years ago
That's the first but I expect more will be opening soon. I found a bloom on another of the plants I grew from the amethystina cross. I made another post.
Karyn
MissSherry
16 years ago
It's gorgeous!
Sherry
abdielg
16 years ago
Karyn,

I think that these hybrids are actually pure amethystina.
I know of two people that have Passiflora amethystina 'Minas Gerais' (which I think is what yours looks like) and they have both told me that theirs is self-fertile, and one of them grows no other passion vines.

The differences in these new hybrids can probably be explained though genetic variation, since these are a result of different combinations of traits from its grandparents, so you can expect some differences.

-Abdiel G.
Ethane Zizyphus
16 years ago
I agree with Abdiel. I used to have amethystina 'minas gerais' and the flowers looked just like that.
~Ethan
karyn1
Original Author
16 years ago
I don't think they are pure P amethystina because some of the seeds from the same fruit produced very different looking blooms. Some were the same color with straight filaments (whatever they are called) other flowers were blue, some with curly filaments and others straight but all were quite long.
Karyn
abdielg
16 years ago
Well, then I guess it's still a mystery!