Giant Granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis)

Giant Granadilla
Passiflora quadrangularis

This flower has a light honey smell. My vine is currently blooming in my portable greenhouse.

your flower is positively stunning!!! did you grow it from seed or cuttings or what? how big is it and how big does it grow?

Gorgeous, I just love the colors!!! Let me know if you might want to share when you are ready! I love the shape, do your grow others? Annie

Clare ,compare it to the alata ruby glow size,bigger or smaller flower?
Took this pic from my new book,passionflowers of the world,could this be fruit from the same plant?
You have anything else blooming you can cross pollinate with?

wow Tropicman, that is huge!!!!!!!! I've not ever seen anything like this one before!!! Annie

You'd think you could punch a hole and drop a straw in and drink away!LOL!

tropicman, LOL LOL, that would be great!

Hi everyone and thanks for the compliments! I bought this one from Logee's. It is their Passiflora called "Warmlands." I had the same vine last winter, but it died when the temperatures dropped below 45 so I had to purchase it again from Logee's. This winter, I have it in my portable greenhouse, which never gets below 50, and it is blooming inside the greenhouse. The vine itself is only a couple of feet long but is growing quickly. It has the same square stems as P. alata "Ruby Glow," and the flower size is the same also. This is the most cold sensitive of all the passifloras that I grow, and I have about a dozen different varieties. This passiflora must be brought indoors in all locations which are not tropical. It does get to be a large vine in the right conditions, and it does bear the huge fruit that Don posted when it is pollinated.

Don, I don't have any other flowers right now to pollinate it with. P. amethystina just finished blooming so I'll keep an eye open for one of those flowers, but I'm not sure if I have any more buds about to open on "Warmlands." I had three so far, but I think she is done for now. If I am not mistaken, this one may be self-fertilizing and come true to the parent vine. I don't remember seeing pollen but will check next time.

Wow ! Blooming on only 2 feet of vine,way to go Clare!

Thanks, Don. I got totally lucky I think. I think it loves the heat and humidity of the greenhouse.

Clare, You just made me drool again, lol, here in California people leave them out all year without a problem, at least Southern Ca and in the East Bay, Northern Ca, I picked one on a fence on a walk, they are one of the most beautiful flowers I have ever seen, Annie

Annie, thanks! I'm in Southern California, and I grow a lot of subtropical plants outdoors all year long which is why I was shocked when my first one dropped dead when temps dropped below 45. Nighttime temperatures in the winter here in Zone 10 are in the mid to low 40's with occasional drops into the high 30's for a few hours in the very early morning before the sun comes up. I have many plumeria and adenium seedlings, and I have a few cold-sensitive plants and vines like this one so I invested in a portable greenhouse this year. You wouldn't think someone in beautiful Southern California would need a portable greenhouse, but I sure did. It is peace of mind, and it provides more heat and humidity than the plants would get otherwise. My other passifloras are all outside of the greenhouse and doing fine. The only other passiflora that I brought into the greenhouse is P. Cincinnata. I noticed it started drooping when we had some low temperatures at night so I dug it up, repotted it, and it is doing fine now in the greenhouse.

We just moved 2 1/2 years ago from Carbon Canyon, in the cusp of Orange County, San Bernadino County and Los Angeles County, before that We lived in Orange County proper. We are investing in a greenhouse 1st of year, I think it's a must, I'm such a plant addict, I need more room anyhow for my best hobby, lol, I am plant crazy, the best addiction to have, I like Camerio, a very nice place, Annie

Thanks, Annie. I like it too. I got my portable greenhouse from Harbor Freight Tools. It is this one: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=41334 but the overall dimensions are incorrect in the link. It is actually bigger than is stated. It is about 9 feet by 10 feet. They also have other models if you are not interested in this one.

This is what it looks like from the outside:

Clare, thank you so much for the link, I bookmarked it, Annie