Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Hand pollinating passi flowers..help??, 1 by LouisianaMark

LouisianaMark wrote:
X,

That's a great pic! Most passies are not self fertile, meaning you need 2 plants of the same species to get fruit (or different species). If you have 2 plants that are cuttings from the same parent vine it won't work either--those are twins genetically speaking.

Clemen,

If you want to do crosses, you need to bud pollinate (except for Lady Margaret which can be pollinated as normal--that is when the flower opens naturally). Also, most hybrids produce sterile pollen, but they can accept pollen from other species. To bud pollinate, you find a bud that is going to open the next day. Then peel back the petals to expose the stigma (use your fingernails to do this), and use your paint brush to apply the pollen. So for example let's say you want to cross Incense with caerulea. The Incense pollen is sterile, but it can accept the caerulea pollen. Here is pic of that cross that I made:

Good luck!!!
Mark