Showing posts with label tucumanensis alba. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tucumanensis alba. Show all posts

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Snow in Summer with Passiflora tucumanensis

One of the plants that I purchased this Spring at South Coast Botanical Garden was Passiflora tucumanensis. It was a vigorous grower, and recently before a week long vacation, I noticed that it had some immature buds. I returned home from that vacation to find something a little unusual. I expected a lovely little corona of banded filaments. What I got was a nearly pure white flower with a tiny hint of mauve on the inner series of filaments. Although it wasn't what I was expecting, it's a very nice flower and I don't have any all white plants since my P. 'Quasar' dried up. It's a keeper, and since P. umbilicata is blooming, I'll try to make P. umbilicata x P. tucamenensis alba.