This is my first bloom on this one. I can hardly wait to see if they last the 4 or 5 days as advertised. She sure is a dainty little thing. My fingers are not fat. They are the only part of me that isn't. LOL! Must have been the camera angle.
Passiflora Aurantia
She is very pretty, Shirley. Congratulations on your first bloom. May you have many more. Is she fragrant?
Clare, I didn't even think to stick my nose down there and take a whiff. Sorry.
That's okay, Shirley. Maybe next one:-)
Ain't that just the purtiest thing you ever saw!!!
Well have to get me one!!!
I'm in love!!!!!
It's exquisitely beautiful and so pure looking.
Today the outside petals were pink in color. I'm looking forward to seeing what tomorrow brings. I'll just be happy if the blooms last a while. Thanks you guys.
Wow, Shirley. That is such a pretty bloom.
Beautiful flower Brugie!!
This message was edited Jul 16, 2004 9:05 PM
Here it is on July 20, five days later and the bloom at the top left is the same bloom in the first picture of this thread. I love a passy that keeps her blooms for more than a day. It appears to have fruit setting. Hope it is full of seeds.
Oops....wrong picture. It was this one.
It's lovely, Shirley.
Thanks Clare. Do Passiflora self pollinate? I just hope there might be seeds in the fruit, but won't hold my breath until the day I pick it. LOL! I've had lots of passion fruit that drop off before ripe and many that ripen and there is nothing in them. So...I won't be surprised if this is the same. If by chance it did cross with another passie, it would have been P. Lady Margaret.
Some of them self-pollinate, and some of them require a different species's pollen. You can usually tell the ones that self-pollinate because they will have a fruit after every flower, like P. Morifolia. Sometimes the sterile ones will produce fruit, but there will be no seeds inside as you said. Oftentimes, the hybrids are sterile. I don't think P. Lady Margaret even produces pollen, does it? I'll have to go look at mine. Good luck with yours and let us know!
Thanks!!
Brugie,
If I recall correctly, aurantia has to have cross pollination from either another aurantia or another passion flower as Clare has said above. It sounds to me as if you might have some sort of a cross or a "dud" fruit.
With my luck...a dud fruit. LOL! I may have to get my paint brush out and do some playing around with pollen. Thanks.