Passiflora Blue eyed Susan

First bloom today on my Passiflora "Blue Eyed Susan" (from Logees).

It's very impressive!

Mark

Beautiful!!

Lovely color and shape. How big would you say that flower is, Mark?

It's almost 4 inches wide. I think this hybrid is P. edulis x P. incense.

Mark

Very pretty. Nice size too.

That's a real beauty.

Sandy

That is stunning...I love passionfruit ( not just to eat).I grow a few but that is prettier than my p.alata ( which really does smell like incense).Is yours edible or just beautiful do you know?

Hi Chrissy,

I don't know if it will set fruit, but there is a good chance I think, since one of the parents of this hybrid is P. edulis (the variety grown for its fruit). The second flower opened today and I pollinated it with P. caerulea pollen. The first one I pollinated with incarnata pollen since that was all I had that day. I have read that complex hybrids are pollen sterile but can be a pollen acceptor, so we will see.

Here's a pic of the second flower:

Mark

Gosh it will be interesting to see what happens ....well whether you can get an edible fruit or not it is just a beautiful thing to have in the garden...good idea to try different pollens.

She's gorgeous!! Very pretty rich color.

Mark, it's going to interesting to learn how the cross polination works out. My Lady Margaret made fruits, but no edible seeds last year. Of course, it didn't survive our winter either.

I was finally able to get a pic of the Blue Eyed Susan and Incense side by side. I had to move the BES pot and trellis to the edge of the Incense trellis to do it. I also held a green plastic shoebox lid behind the BES trellis to give a similar background. You can see that crossing Incense with edulis (the BES cross) gives a darker center but lighter filament tips.

Here's the pic (Blue Eyed Susan on the left, Incense on the Right).

Mark

Oh you lucky thing they are so pretty!...we don't have the range you folk have...just edibles....and the red one for flowers.Do they ship seeds overseas?....the trouble is in my experience...you need fresh seed don't you. Oh well enjoy them ......I take it the incense has that same fragrance as my Alata. Does the black eyed susan have a perfume? or is she just beautiful :)

Hi Chrissy100,

You could check with your local post office about receiving seeds from overseas. I have shipped seeds to Spain without any problems. A lot of US ebay sellers can ship overseas also. And Mauro Peixoto (www.brazilplants.com) ships all over the world. He has quite a few species seeds, and his seeds are fresh. You could make your own Incense hybrid by crossing incarnata (I have some just-harvested ones I could send you), and cincinnnata (which you could get from Mauro). And then you could cross your home-made Incense with an edulis to get a home-made Blue Eyed Susan. I have a lone cincinnata seedling, with more hopefully to come, so I may have some cincinnata seeds next year. But every country has their own rules about imports of seeds and plants.

The Incense is very fragrent, the Blue Eyed Susan less fragrent.

Mark

Thanks great info...I will check it out I am passionate about passionfruit ...love everything about them....you must be thrilled....yours are just lovely. thanks again chrissy:)

Mark Did it Make any Fruit ?

No it hasn't, but I have only been pollinating after the flowers open, not bud pollinating. I'll keep trying.

Mark

Mark VanderPlank Says that some of the Passion Flowers wont Accept Pollen Till Mid Day 2pm and After i found this to be True On a Few of the Passion Flowers its So With Lady Margret so Bud Pollanteing would not work if its one of these a pic of lady margret seedlings paul

Yes I think that is right and ideal humid conditions .....they set better on a muggy (high humidity ) day.But that is my own experience.

yup humity but i have got the Lady Margret to set fruit in the winter to Paul

Our winter is too cold ...that is impressive.:)

Thanks for that info Paul. I'll have to pollinate in the afternoon on the weekends--maybe that will work.

Mark

Nice!flower.