What is this tiny Passion Flower?

I have a vine that is about 15 feet wide and 12 feet high. The flowers are tiny and light greenish and look like a passion flower to me. I got this plant about 5 years ago and it was about 15 inches tall and 10 inches wide. Living in central florida it does not die back in the winter. It blooms several times a year and gets seedpods that are green and then turn bluish purple and then kind of prune up. The leaves are grass green. This is a delicate plant...fragile looking. It is a hardy plant. I literally do nothing to it. The butterflies and bees love it. So do some small song birds. I am adding a pic and hopeing that it can be identified. I love this plant. You would never know it flowers if you did not look. I have had several people look at it. However they did not know what it was.

Thanks for your help
Robyn

No ideas but it is a cute little flower. Hopefully one of the resident experts like Mark or Erick will check in soon.

oh that is awesome

Looks like a Passiflora suberosa.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1197/

~Lucy

I have been looking for one for my butterflies. Do you have any seeds? : )
~Lucy

I believe it is a FL native, also.

Thank you for looking....I have been blessed with 2 vines that have tiny little flowers...like a miniature garden. I also have a tiny little morning glory..called...Little Bell morning glory..Ron identified it for me..below is a pic of Little Bell
As for the passion flower...it sure looks like the Passiflora suberosa. Right down to the bark on it. BlueGlancer...the seeds are not ripe yet...but you keep in touch and I will be glad to send you some. I just love these lil flowered vines...both of them. OH I should look around the yard ...I might have a little vine I hadn't noticed for you.

Thanks
Robyn


This message was edited Sep 27, 2007 10:32 PM

Oh, thanks. This thread on 'watch'. : )
I remember having some in the field behind our house as a child. They didn't mean much then. : )
I can send postage if you find a plant, or if you get seeds.
~Lucy

I have one to Paul

Paul it is not fair you have all of the good vines :o(

lol

thank you for posting the question. I just spotted this on a beach in Maui and did not know which passi it was. But it is very cute.

Did you bring any home LT??? :o)

some seeds. Are you interested?

Yes :o)

It does appear to be suberosa, can you take a pic of the leaf?
Mark

i think its really passion flower lutea i have one the flower and the leaves look the same you can find pics on google

Here is a close up of the leaves. The part of vine coming from the ground looks almost like it has scale of some kind on it. It is stormy today. I will try to get a pic of that when it is clear again. I would love to figure out exactly what it is. Suberosa or Lutea...that is the question.

Thanks for the help....I feel we are close to a positive ID

Robyn

i take 8 inch cuttings dip in root tone i plant in straight vermiculte in small foam coffee cups i keep moist but not wet i keep the cups in small freezer bags i open every other day to change the air i fill the bag up with a straw keep in a sunny window paul ps. i do the seeds the same way i plant 1/4 deep . ill go look at my p. lutea

this looks like yours Moo

Paul to me mine looks more rounded...but I am not one tiny bit expert. I have a pic of the bark.. or base of plant. Does yours look like this?

Here is another pic...This one of leaves and stem.

i havesome that are more rounded

http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/P/Passiflora_suberosa.asp

Sooooooo Paul...what do you think it is? Do you think it is a suberosa or a lutea? I am definately getting an education...unfortunately...I am also getting more confused. Now I need to look up Lutea. I shall be back..haha.

what i belive is the suberosa and lutea are really the same plant just from diff areas of the usa

OHHHHHHHHH...no wonder it was such a mystery. I just love this plant. I am going to try to start a few of them and see what happens. Thanks for your advice on starting them and figuring out what it is. I love the kindness of the people in this place.

Thanks
Robyn