I now have 2 different varities one is still tiny cause I just received it and the other is large and has been flowering all summer but I have not seen any fruit...Is this because it is grown in the house in a large pot?
when does the fruit come?
I'm pretty new to passies myself, but a lot of passies will not self pollinate, though some will. I'd like to get a list going as it would be helpful to us beginners. Yours may need to be crossed in order to reproduce.
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well I just got a new one yeasterday...I'd like to grow it on the same trellis as the other one cause I think the 2 different flowers together would be awesome
Show us a picture!
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This is the one I've been growing,
that first one is a pasiflora x belotii if that means anything, flowered beautifully all summer starting to get some new buds though
And this is the new one I just got yesterday a Blue Eyed Susan
Wow! Those are really nice! Definitely post pix of a bloom when they do!
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I sure will...I think they smell wonderful...my jasmine is doing pretty good too.... but I don't know much about it either...still learning
trinawitch,
The x-belotii is a hybrid of P. alata and P. caerulea. So it needs to be cross pollinated to produce fruit, and it may or may not be easy to cross pollinate. The Blue Eyed Susan I think is a tetraploid, so it normally will not set fruit unless pollinated with another tetraploid. I have tried to pollinate mine many times without success. But, it produces an incredible bloom, and is my favorite. It is a vigorous vine, and I think you should consider a seperate trellis for it. It would probably also need some supplemental light to bloom indoors.
Here's a pic:
The entire front of my house (east windows) is glass...I get sunlight from sunrise until about 3...seperate trellis ok...ooohh put one at each end of the plant room...that would look cool....I really don't care if either one sets fruit just wanted to make sure I didn't do something wrong
Wish I could grow more plants in my house, but the kitties, Barney & Fief love to dig and nibble.
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I have a chupacabra (really she's a chihuahua) that eats everthing, the bottom 1 to 1 1/2 feet of all my plants are missing their leaves cause she eats them the rubber trees, the Big ficus, the elephant ears, dats, brugs, oleander...and not once has she got sick...then again she ate half a walmart bag full of habanero peppers and then got mad at me when I caught her and took them away
Lol .. lucky you! Anything green and the kitties barf .. it's a day to celebrate when they barf on the linoleum in the kitchen .. it's usually the rug. Actually the kitties barf no matter what .. it's just something kitties do.
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i had a cat like that, she liked to follow me in the garden and lay under the bench...but i had a nasty neigbor who refused to tie up her big dogs...kitty was with me but I had to go in for something, neighbors dogs killed her and did about $600 in damages to plants early this summer
Oh no! That's horrible! Did you confront the neighbor? Did she apologize and offer to pay for the damage? Every city and county have animal control laws .. if those dogs are still running loose you probably need to call animal control.
My kitties are strictly house kitties .. their paws have never touched grass .. a neighbor made a kitty veranda for me .. it's the closest they get to the outside .. they love it.
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she didn't say a word at all...even after I screamed at her...then 2 weeks later she actually walked them with leashes...well she let them run through tear up the bench, and knock over a 7 foot dinosaur statue, and tore up a bunch more plants, she just sauntered off as if nothing happened....we've called animal control so many times, but she always managed to get them inside and then pretend she wasn't home when they would knock on her door...she finally moved
Whew! Glad she moved .. hope your new neighbors are better!
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Yes much better and they are about to sue the landlord of the apartment building....Here's a pic of my chupacabra in nice puppy phase
What a cutie! Why such a gruesome name for such a sweet looking pup?
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sweet ha! someone gave her to my 87 yo grandma, they told her this pup was 5 weeks old, but she was actually only 2 weeks old!...then grandma had a heart attack...and decided she couldn't handle the puppy so we got her
and well this is her normal state
I am doing the happy dance! My new passionflower that I got on saturday Is already starting to bloom! I can't wait to see it....and everyone said I couldn't grow them in the house. HA!
Sorry I'm just a little excited...even my mother told me I was nuts for thinking about it and it would never work...well now I have 2 growing in the house...Yeah for me! LOL
Well done! Post us a pix!
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As soon as it opens up fully I sure will...I just love the smell of these...and they are so pretty...I wouldn't mind having a few more different colored varities!
okay another dumb question...how do they set seed? and if they do how do I collect it...or do only the ones with fruit set seed?
The seeds are in the fruit. Just like you see in oranges, apples etc. Once it is ripe you can dig the seeds out of the fruit and let them dry. I just happen to have a picture of some passiflora seeds and fruit.
You can see some have dried .. some still have a bit of pulp on them and some are clumped together in pulp.
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well then I guess since I don't know how to pollinate or what ever I will have to deal with propogation by stem cuttings then huh?
This may help
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1019615/
Morning X...my bud is just starting to open on the new one....I can't wait to see it fully opened...it's like christmas
Here it is starting to crack open
Look it opened
Pretty! Is there pollen on the anthers?
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is that the stuff making me sneeze when I get to close to smell it?
Might be if you have plant allergies.
then not on this one X...no pollen sorry
Passiflora x belotii does not produce fruit.
thanks Dave know anything about the Blue Eyed Susan one?...the tag didn't come with any name other than that
Never heard of it, can you show photos?
Yeah mine bloomed already and I've only had it 2 weeks
