Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Can someone explain this?, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
Hi! First time I believe I've been on this forum and love all the vines and blooms posted here! WOW!

I have a question and am hoping someone can give me an answer or point me to a thread that might give me an explanation. Thanks in advance!

I grew out a seed for Passiflora incarnata. Instead of purple blooms, I am getting solid white blooms. I am not the only one who claims to have had this happen. From http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=8697034
Quoted from patootie:
"I notice that whenever I see a maypop (incarnata), theres usuallly a white passi growing close by.
The same is true here. A white passi, sub peltata? growing side by side with incarnata.
A former friend had both passi's growing in her wooded areas. My local $ store also sports both passi's.
Would love to know how and why this happens."

Here is a photo of my Passiflora incarnata which should be labeled "alba"?

This message was edited Jul 17, 2011 7:36 AM