The real story is that after checking out the section of the garden center that usually has the vines (just in case), I spied something out of place. It had deep purple buds and three-lobed leaves. I pulled the tag and discovered it was Passiflora loefgrenii! That was a nice surprise since loef isn't normally found at your average garden center. Anyway, I grabbed the best looking one, repotted it, and set it in the sun.
Now, will it be variant 'corupa' which sets fruit on almost every flower? Or, will it be variant 'iporanga' which almost never sets fruit? I should know pretty soon, but either way I have a potent pollen donor!
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