Tropicals & Tender Perennials: A Volunteer Self-cross of Passiflora 'Lambiekins'?, 0 by atisch

atisch wrote:
I'm pleased to report that the volunteer self-cross that I first described above has survived a killing frost we had in November that killed several other Passion flowers normally hardy in the SF Bay Area. This suggests that the self-cross is comparably hardy to P. Lambiekins itself. Again I was able to take a picture of the two in close proximity. It shows remarkable stability, reliable and beauty. It's essentially a slightly smaller version of the parent with all traces of the blue color missing. This results in an essentially white flower with lavender-blushed sepals and reddish stigmas. I find it about as attractive as the parent.

I still have several other volunteer plants growing from dropped seed and 5 small plants growing in pot that I collected and planted from two different fruits that and 2 or 3 seeds.

I'm still very interested in others that have had similar volunteer flowers resulting from hybrid. passifloras. I realize that most hybrids are sterile, but now I'm seeing that is not always the case.

This message was edited May 6, 2014 6:06 PM