Little Lady in the Leaves

A female Rufus hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) decided to come to rest among the Passiflora Manta leaves today. She was huffing pretty hard when she came to land, but eventually calmed down, puffed out her feathers, flicked her tongue, and stretched her wings. Meanwhile I was sneaking up on her with my camera. I learned last summer that if I move very slowly, pause between steps, and use the camera body to cover my face, these little ones will let me get very close. Next time I hope there are some more flowers, and that there will be a shiny faced male glittering about.

Set Up for Summer

I can't believe I have 44 unique plants in 27 pots and in the ground. What's more is that I was able to compile the list from memory...apparently I spend a bunch of time outside poking my plants on the weekends and after work during the week. Most of my plants are in their first season, so there probably won't be a huge flower flourish this summer, but next season might be amazing. I have a many more Decaloba this year and a couple of Astrophea that will be really interesting in time. I hope my patience holds out, and that I can get all these plants established before the winter months come.

Container 1:

• P. holosericea 
• P. 'Manta' (xiikzodz × coriacea) 

Container 2: 

• P. × belotii (alata x caerulea) 

Container 3: 

• P. membranacea (Strybing variegated)

Container 4: 

• P. 'Sunburst' (gilbertiana × jorullensis) 

Container 5: 

• P. trisecta 

Container 6: 

• P. cirrhiflora 

Container 7: 

• P. membranacea 

Container 8: 

• P. serrato-digitata

Container 9: 

• P. macrocarpa

Container 10: 

• P. luzmarina x (? x ?)
• P. actinia x (? x ?)

Container 11

• P. glandulosa 

Container 12

• P. gritensis

Container 13

• P. 'Erl' (P. 'Blue-Eyed Susan' x P. 'Blue Bouquet')

Container 14

• P. discophora
• P. bogotensis

Container 15

• P. guatemalensis
• P. misera

Container 16

• P. karwinskii
• P. porphyretica var. angustata

Container 17

• P. tucumanensis

Container 18

• P. loefgrenii

Container 19

• P. nephrodes
• P. caerulea

Container 20

• P. pendulifora

Container 21

• P. New Hybrid 2

Container 22

• P. pittieri

Container 23

• P. lindeniana

Container 24

• P. tarminiana 'Bailadores'

Container 25

• P. x decaisneana
• P. nigradenia

Container 26

• P. stipulata
• P. sublanceolata (fmr. palmeri)

Container 27

• P. tulae
• P. malacophyla

Container 28

• P. umbilicata

In the Ground:

• P. edulis 'Flavicarpa'
• P. 'Blue Horizon' x P. gritensis
• (P. 'Pruney' x gritensis) x gritensis
• P. foetida 'urbaniana' 

Plants in 4" - 1 gal Pots: 

• P. New Hybrid 2
• P. aff gibertii
• P. lindeniana  
• P. nephrodes
• P. 'Blue-Eyed Susan' (incarnata × edulis) × (incarnata × cincinnata)
• P. 'Raspberries and Cream'
• P. umbilicata
• P. subrotunda