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p.vitifolia

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That red flowers amazing and its one of my favorite ones too. i have a friend in midlands England and he grows Foetidas in his window sill and he uses the fruit to make passion fruit pies.

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Lots of Passiflora enthusiast in England

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Remember the two passion vines i picked up for $2 each? Look how they've grown! The litte bamboo poles that the vines were originally on are also in the new planter box adding support to the trellis.


-Luke

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Nice

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p.trisecta and p.red rover

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My passiflora collection has grown to fifty varieties.Some are still flowering even with lows in the 40's.

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Got seed? Everytime I go to a place called 'ButterflyWorld' they are always out of what I am interested in.

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Got tons of seed.I cannot ship to Hawaii unless you have an import permit or know something I don't.:08:

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I ordered seed for p. vitifolia, p. amethystina, and p. decaisneana from 'ButterflyWorld' with no problems. If I had ordered a plant, I would have needed an import permit. In the case of seed, since there is no soil involved, it is treated differently.

I have also ordered seed from other Seed Companies on-line, and it also came in with no problems, no permit, and was clearly marked as seeds.

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Ebay seller (Please note: No shipping of plants to destinations outside of the U.S., and no shipping of Passiflora plants or seeds to Hawaii.)

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Well, I ordered it, it was sent, and there was no problem. Perhaps it is permitted under certain conditions. The seed had no parts of the plant with it, and they looked quite dry. I already know not to attempt to order any P. mollissima since it is considered a pest here. We already have P. suberosa, P. mollissima, P. quadrangularis, P. edulis (yellow and purple) growing here. If you don't wish to, I understand; I'm just saying I've ordered from legitimate companies, and gotten seeds. One company just last week sent me a seed catalogue for another order. (heirloomseeds.com)

Oh, regarding ebay, some folks just don't want to bother sending to Hawaii. Also, I don't buy stuff of ebay anyway. If I wish to order something, I check to see if they say no shipping to Hawaii, or only ship to the continental US, or just to the contiguous states (which excludes Hawaii and Alaska). Some places just don't wish to bother with it since it is easier for them not to do so, not necessarily because it would have been illegal.

I'm not trying to get anyone in hot water, and I don't work for the 'Ag' dept., I'm just trying to grow something besides all the p. suberosa, and p. edulis that is all around my garden.

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I don't know how it works .I only know what the regulations say.

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Well, your call. If you wish, I can pm the types I'm looking for, or not.

But, thanks regardless of how you choose.

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p.vitifolia hybrids :woohoonaner:

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p.phoenicea and p.alata hybrids :woohoonaner:


more later :woohoonaner:

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sunfish..my golly.. how many passiflora plants do u have???
1000s.. :)
every time i check out your pics of blooming ones.. i ache.. i
have got to order me some i guess..
ive been saying for awhile..and get on to other projects..but those
vines/esp flowers are super..
keep posting pics.. i know it'll inspire me to get some..
:)

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I have around 500 plants and growing.I hope to have lots of new flowers come summer.

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Where the heck are you going to put new plants Tony?

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I don't know.I need a vacant lot

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I hear you. My friend just bought a house near us and I'm envisioning all the plants I could plant in his yard! But I don't think he'll go for that. And he doesn't like passionfruit.

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I have no choice but get rid of some of my citrus , figs,palms,bananas,dragon fruit,pineapples to make room for passion vines.

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I have so many passion vines it's ridiculous.:woohoonaner::08::goteam:

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You going to start selling the fruit at the farmers market?

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I want to sell fruits and plants and seed. Just to recoup some $ so I can grow more :08:

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I wish we have something like farmers markets, thats a great source for all planting material.

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You can start one.

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Maybe, but unfortunely that depends on local politicans. They all just talk about that but all stops when they need to support domestic production :(

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getting rid of some figs eh? what kind :08:

btw, i accidentally snapped off a 6" tip from one of our vines and decided to stick it in some seed starting soil with a plastic tent over top to see if i could root it. will be fun experiment

-Luke

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Got all the usual fig,to bad I can't ship.Their to big anyhow.
Some passiflora root very easy.Just keep it warm 65f or above,light but not direct sun and just damp.

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Got a new passiflora today p.alata :08:

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Two unrelated clones p.ligularis. Got these in trade yesterday :goteam:

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p.incense


p.panama red


p.flavicarpa

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Potted up some more seedlings

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Thanks to Sunfish, I was able to try a fruit from P. phoenicea. I had lots of P. edulis "Frederick" around from my plant, so I did a side by side comparison. I was surprised at how different they were, in many ways. The flavor was not remotely similar. Frederick basically tastes like anything sold as having passionfruit flavor (e.g., juices). P. phoenicea's taste I really don't even know how to describe, maybe melon-like. Definitely a nice flavor, but hard to describe. It was also sweeter, which isn't saying that much, because my Frederick fruit are almost always pretty sour, but phoenicea was not sour at all. Despite the somewhat larger fruit of P. phoenicea, the actual edible, flavorful part, was less than that of Frederick because of the thick rind of the phoenicea and the large seeds with less pulp.

It's always nice to try something new, especially something like P. phoenicea, which really was nothing like anything I've had before. Thanks Tony.

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It is a different taste and I can't describe it either.

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If you think about the difference in tastes between different species of citrus, then it makes sense that passiflora can have a wide variation as well.

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Agreed. But if all you'd ever eaten was Satsuma mandarins and you didn't realize how different citrus can be and then you had a grapefruit, you'd be surprised! Being clueless about Passiflora fruits, I assumed they'd all have some variation on the flavor you get in commercial passionfruit juice. Boy was I wrong. Same sort of thing as comparing babaco to papayas. They aren't similar at all.

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I love reading the taste description comparisons. Post up more as you all get to sample. I've only ever tasted a frederich(i believe that's what it was).

Side note, does anyone have some creative suggestions on how to retrellis and/or repot this:



When we bought the two starter plants i had no idea they would grow so much this winter. We got them in half gallon or one gallon pots, and they were maybe 2feet of vine. Since then we just keep wrapping and wrapping the vines down and around but this summer i have a feeling it's going to explode with even more growth!
-Luke

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That plant will spread 60'. You can start hanging wire on the ceiling or trim the plant. People who over winter passion vines trim them back every year and let them grow out in spring.

Re-potting is no problem just pull the root-ball out and stick it in a bigger pot.

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What a great picture of the passiflora in the window with the snow-patched streets outdoors!

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It will be even better when it flowers :woohoonaner:

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I'm trying :ha:

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How extensive are the root systems? I'm wondering if i'll need to repot it in the spring to get ready for the summer growth.
Thanks all. Passion vines are one of my new favorites, i just love the growth that they put on

Tony - i have two seedling passiflora growing right now, from the seed packets you sent me. i limited myself to just two more for fear that if i sprouted more they would take over the whole house(anyone remember in jumanji hahha). And of COURSE, i lost the plant tags i had with them so i don't even know which two seedlings i kept haha. i guess i'll know if they ever flower :-P

-Luke

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Passion vines don't mind being root bound . I have some big plants in 5gal. pots.A 10gal. pot would be as large as you would ever need.Post a pic of the seedlings maybe someone can ID them.