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Dutch mans pipe vine

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Nice. I got a small Dutchman's pipe a few months back for the purpose of attracting the pipevine swallowtail butterflies. No where near flowering yet.

DM

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Huernia Zebrina (heard it called a "donut catus"). The flower is pretty small, not quite 1.5 inches across the points.


DM

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Not that much blooming here since the rain stopped liked someone shut off the spicket lol... but crossandra and papaya still blooming.

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hi sun me again..what type is this??

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This is an unknown variety of P.edulis

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Maybe its an Ice Cream variety.. :ha:

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I have banana passion fruit:08:

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I have a banana passion fruit that I started from seed, but can't seem to get the plant to strengthen up... do you find that they are weaker than other varieties?

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The banana passion vine is very aggressive.Passiflora Tacsonia do not like high temps.They grow best in cooler zones San Francisco has ideal conditions for them.

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That makes sense... no wonder mine has struggled. Thanks!

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Try shading it.

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I have heard that it is a bad invasive in Hawaii and I hadn't seen it in FL... now I know why. I've actually had it growing in a pot in the shade. I thought maybe the shade was part of the reason why the plant was so weak. Most of the stems would break off just by moving them a little. Usually in Florida most full sun plants will do OK in some shade since the summer heat and humidity is like a pressure cooker. I've only seen a few types of Passiflora in FL and it seems like the vines are short lived.

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From what I have heard not many people have success with Tacsonia in FL.The fruit to me isn't any good.All P.edulis and P.incarnata varieties will grow great in your climate.

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As usual I was trying to grow the exotic, hard to find variety. I don't see passiflora included in very many FL gardens even though it is sold at many of the garden centers. The red one is probably the most common one I see being sold, but I have heard that one doesn't do that well in FL.

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This one ? Passiflora vitifolia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia will grow okay in FL. but blooms better in winter there.The fruit on that one isn't worth eating .

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Yes, that's probably it unless there are other red varieties around. I assume that one is "grape leaved" hence vitifolia? Good help to ID it out of bloom. I see it sold everywhere, but I never see it anyone's garden. I had heard that it is grown as an annual around here... maybe because of nematodes? I don't know why for sure. I wanted to grow a variety for the fruit mostly... I'm having issues with rabbits eating the leaves anyhow... might not be meant to be.

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Look for P.edulis Frederick. Good size and great tasting fruit self pollinating.If you have trouble with animals or nematodes plant in 15gal. or larger pot.

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That might be the one I had on my list to try to find... sounds familiar. I kind of gave up on my passiflora quest b/c they don't seem to label the cultivars around here. I was going to get it online at one point, but opted for seeds of other varieties. Do you find that nematodes are a big issue for passiflora? I had never had to deal with them as a major pest until moving to FL. It will be a while before I can build up the soil enough to hopefully improve the issue. Any veg plants in the ground... forget it! Roots so knotted it's unreal. Is Frederick true from seed?