Always Belotii on My Mind

My first passiflora was the hybrid P. alata x P. caerulea called belotii, or alato-caerulea, or Pfordii. It's confusing, but that was before I delved into the passiflora societies and various informative webpages. Anyway, my first one flourished very well, which is what encouraged me to acquire all kinds of other species. As I've said before, the Decoloba subgenus hasn't done well due to the pesticides that I've been forced to use. But, the others all do very well with my mild "weather" here in Redondo Beach, CA. Sadly, after that first season, the spider mites had already done their damage and I wasn't able to save it in time. Ever since then, I've had the pest situation under control (which isn't to say that I don't have to fight them almost daily). So, now in memory of my first plant that sparked my interest I think it's time to get another belotii.