Friday, September 26, 2014
Awns or Yawns
I recently posted the bud of P. aff gibertii with curly awns. Today it bloomed for the first time. I like the flower, but if it weren't for the awns it would be a yawner for me.
Kitty in the Rough
For the last week a gray cat has been sleeping on my patio furniture. I'm not feeding or watering him or her, but she looks healthy and perhaps just likes the scenery. Regardless, I figure that if it keeps the opossums from using my yard as a bathroom, then it's welcome to stay.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Tulae Today
I've been keeping my eye on the Passiflora tulae bud, and jeez did it mature quickly. It went from a faintly pink tipped cream colored bud to and opened flower in about a week. Anyway, it's a beauty and a keeper. It reminds me of a daffodil, and I hope there are more flower next year.
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Focus on Macrophylla
I was snapping some shots in Pergolatory today. Casually inspecting my collection and noting the buds on P. aff gibertii, P. tulae, P. bogotensis, and P. misera. The first three in that list have yet to bloom, the last has bloomed but my pictures were terrible. So, I'm excited about all. I was checking out Passiflora phyrrantha which has some bumps on its tendrils just like P. cirrhiflora hoping that they'd mature more. Next to it is P. macrophylla having just dropped both of its only leaves, but with a healthy shock of 4 or 5 new baby leaves. I decided to snap a shot of the new growth when I noticed much to my surprise that there was a pair of buds! I'm still shocked, and after P. gritensis, a healthy and large plant dropped its two buds, I'm nervous. I hope these make it to bloom!
Something Like Gibertii
So, some Passiflora aff gibertii seeds came to me a few months ago. The "aff" part means "similar to" which indicates that the plant may be gibertii, but it isn't certainly so. The seeds germinated in good numbers and the strongest plant has been outside in a gallon pot for awhile. I noticed recently that it had a bud on it, but that it dropped soon after. However, there are more! And they look bonkers!
Seeing Reds
Today I plucked two fruits. Passiflora sublanceotata x Passiflora foetida and the opposite cross, P. foetida x P. sublanceolata. Both of which were bright red, but the seeds were shaped differently. I pulled 50% more seeds out of the P. sublanceolata x P. foetida than the other, but I sowed 18 of each. They're fresh and from subgenus Dysosmia I expect good germination rates. Maybe in a couple of weeks there will be some sprouts to get excited about.
I also sent one cutting each from the parents to a student at Ohio University. He's doing some genetic study on the subgenus, from which I'm excited to read the findings.
P. sublanceolata mother on the left. P. foetida mother on the right.
I also sent one cutting each from the parents to a student at Ohio University. He's doing some genetic study on the subgenus, from which I'm excited to read the findings.
Monday, August 18, 2014
August Update
I sent off a bunch of cuttings to a nursery of P. karwinskii and P. porphyretica var. angustata along with a bunch of rooted cuttings of a good friend's hybrid. It feels good to share when I have plants that I'm able to cut or need to cut. I also started some cuttings of P. cirrhiflora again. The last ones didn't take, and the ones that I sent to another nursery also didn't survive. My parent plant is going strong inside the green house, so as long as it survives the winter in there, I guess it doesn't matter if these cuttings take. Although, I'd feel much better if they did. I have P. pyrrhantha and P. macrophylla in one gallon pots flying in from across the country this week. These are two really hard to find Astrophea that are extraordinary for their red flower and giant leaves respectively. I hope they arrive in tact. I also recently acquired P. 'Ex Menton', and it's doing fine outside right now. The leaves look a little off, but I'll reserve judgement until it blooms. And last, my new hybrid has buds on it. I'll have to keep an eye out for Tacsonia flowers that I don't recognize. I already have a name picked out if it's a winner. Even though my collection is mostly young plants there have been some neat acquisitions this season. If all survives the mild winters here in Redondo Beach, it should be a very fun 2015 summer!
- P. holosericea
- P. 'Manta' (xiikzodz × coriacea)
- P. × belotii (alata x caerulea)
- P. membranacea (Strybing variegated)
- P. pyrrhantha
- P. trisecta
- P. cirrhiflora
- P. membranacea
- P. serrato-digitata
- P. macrocarpa
- P. luzmarina x (? x ?)
- P. actinia x (? x ?)
- P. glandulosa
- P. gritensis
- P. 'Erl' (P. 'Blue-Eyed Susan' x P. 'Blue Bouquet')
- P. discophora
- P. bogotensis
- P. guatemalensis
- P. misera
- P. karwinskii
- P. porphyretica var. angustata
- P. tucumanensis 'alba'
- P. loefgrenii
- P. nephrodes
- P. caerulea
- P. macrophylla
- P. New Hybrid 2
- P. pittieri
- P. lindeniana
- P. ornithoura
- P. morifolia
- P. x decaisneana
- P. nigradenia
- P. stipulata
- P. sublanceolata
- P. tulae
- P. malacophyla
- P. umbilicata
Container 29
- P. 'Ex Menton'
Container 30
- P. racemosa 'buzios'
Container 31
- P. subrotunda
- P. exsudans
- P. edulis 'Flavicarpa'
- P. 'Blue Horizon' x P. gritensis
- (P. 'Pruney' x gritensis) x gritensis
- P. foetida 'urbaniana'
- P. caerulea
- P. New Hybrid 2
- P. aff gibertii
- P. nephrodes
- P. 'Blue-Eyed Susan' (incarnata × edulis) × (incarnata × cincinnata)
- P. 'Raspberries and Cream'
- P. umbilicata
- P. exsudans
- P. racemosa 'buzios'
- P. caerulea
- P. gritensis
- P. karwinskii
- P. porphyretica var. angustata
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