passiflora book

I have found this book very helpful in many ways. I think I bought it from Timber Press.
Johanna

nice! could you tell me what it says about p. caerulea?

I have this book too, and it doesn't say much about P. caerulea, other than cautioning not to overwater in the winter. In some ways the book is more of an identification guide than anything else.

Mark

But what an identification guide! It was exactly what I was looking for in a reference book. I love this book. I was able to identify the difference in 2 of my P. edulis with it. One of them was P. edulis v. flavicarpa and the other was P. edulis. The P. edulis flavicarpa is getting huge in the gh this year. I'm hoping for blooms next year.

cool book. thanks for the information. mary

I would have paid the price just for the pictures! And that's only 1/5% or so of the book.

ok tell me where to get the book that would be helpful although I need one more book like I need one more plant hehehe

I always need another hole in my head, I guess, cause I can't stop buying books. It's a habit. (;-/)
Since I'm retired, I buy all my books used from Abe Books. They are a jobber, and will find maybe 25 books from different companies that warehouse for them. Most are used, some new, usually about 15 to 25% of new price. So far, all of my said "Used, good condition." I couldn't tell it from new. I just "Ctl+C" copy wherever I find the book I'm interested in and copy into Abe's search page. WARNING: it's addicting.
The hard part is finding objective reviews and accurate information. Case in point: I just read in Dave's reviews about a book called "Making More Plants". I bought it from Abe's but when it got here I found out it doesn't have a "Contents" page in front of the book. I really hate that, but at least it did have an index or I would have burned it. Returning it is out of the question as I usually pay more for shipping than I did for the book! So I just ordered Amer Hort Soc Plant Propagating. I cheated and peeked into it at Amazon.com's copy to see the contents page. Sometimes I buy from them too.
I buy many for $1.00 and $3.50 for shipping from Abe's.
But what is better than all of this is the identifying of Passifora by the bumps on the petioles that will be an article in the Spring magazine from Passi Soc Int. the mail to you when you join. I don't know when the next one comes out. Maybe Spring next year!

I don't know either, but I did join it thanks for letting me know it was even out there.
My problem isn't just gardening books....I love english literature and poetry, I was so excited when I found an original print edition of a Charles Dickens Book....I have issues...I think sometimes I was born in the wrong era!

oooohohh I got my Passiflora society stuff today and I am in heaven, I'm gonna go drool for awhile over these pictures!!!!!

I agree. My favorite haiku:
Young frog,
Old pond,
splash.

lol
for a leopard can not change his spots nor the pig his curly tail...LOL

Trina,
Which passies do you have?

Before Hurricane Katrina I had 30+ varieties of passiflora vines. The storm broke many vines but they would have recovered. Except that we had no running water for a month and no more rain at all. My neighbors with wells could not pump them--no electricity for 2 months. A drought immediately after a hurricane. To get water was an ordeal because all roads were covered with downed trees. It took a week for emergency firemen to cut a path from the main road to our houses. Then whoever had enough gas to drive toward town would take coolers to get ice and water from the national guard. No electricity meant no gas--pumps didn't work.
My passionvines were not given any water whatsoever for a very hot month. When water returned the pressure was very low. I lost most of my vines then.
Johanna

ok I have two live vines they are
passiflora x belotii
Blue Eyed Susan (see pic)

and seeds I have the following:

edulis
maliformis
caerulea
actinia
alata
edulis sp. flavicarpa
ligularis
mollissima
foetida

I think that's it...I have lots of tropicals, eveything is on an excel file if you dmail me your email address I'll send it to you

If you join PASSL forum occassionally people will send fresh seed of varieties that are hard to find anywhere else. This forum is worth joining. I belonged to the passiflora society for several years but never used the seed bank. Many members remarked that the seed were kept too long and didn't sprout.
Right now I am growing citrina, violacea form 3, mooreana, caerulea, incarnata, incense, lady margaret, lavendar lady, trifasciata, biflora, and lutea. 7 of these can be left in the ground for winter here in 8b. Only caerulea keeps leaves, the rest go dormant. In a very high light setting lady margaret and lavendar lady would bloom all year. I don't have that kind of a setup.
To make cuttings airlayering works well and quickly...especially if you use clonex gel. Next summer. if all is well with my family, I will start airlayering in July. Maybe e can do a trade.

that wouldbe cool, I am just learning and getting ready to start some of these seeds (only some that way if this way doesn't work to germinate I can try another way) I want to start them all right this minute but the greenhouse isn't done yet (maybe I should move more plants to the kitchen counter so he feels like he's being overrun?) In fact I have a ton of seed I want to start right NOW working on some plant rearranging today so I can start some