Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Blood, Sweat, and No Tears

The first of the new arrivals bloomed today - passiflora sanguinolenta, which means "that which expels blood" in Spanish. The flower is a mauve-ish color and there are no thorns, so I think it's a bit of a misnomer. Nevertheless, with the heat the first little pretty flower popped open.


Update: I'm sorry to report that the pesticides used to kill the thrips also whacked sanguinolenta. I don't do so well with the smalls (aka Decaloba subgenus). I've killed two cintrinas now. They just can't handle the poisons like the others.

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