panamark
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Post by panamark on Sept 14, 2014 21:53:55 GMT -5
The fruit is full of many, many seeds so I will try to collect some seeds this winter in Panama and bring them back for you all to try. If I end up in jail for smuggling, will someone bail me out LOL? I can see it now "no officer, these are just passion seeds"
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Post by Pat on Sept 14, 2014 21:59:50 GMT -5
Passion flowers look like they are from outer space. Mesmerizing.
We had one here in San Jose on a trellis. Didn't do too well. I think it was the kind Jean showed. No fruit.
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quartz
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Post by quartz on Sept 14, 2014 23:09:51 GMT -5
Pretty flowers and good stories, thanks to all.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 14, 2014 23:42:00 GMT -5
PS: Jean: it ain't highjacking, it's merely contributing good interesting stuff to the discussion. Y'all don't never need to be doing no apologizing to one of the biggest jibber-jabber mouths on the planet *L*. My wife usually has to kick my shins black and blue to shut me the heck up. Well thanks, Mel. I didn't know if I'd gone an pissed you off. I've got the same philosophy, if anyone has something relevant or enlightening to add to any of my threads, I say go right on ahead! |
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 15, 2014 8:31:11 GMT -5
Mark: I looked up temperature tolerances for that species of passion flower and darn, it's a real tropical one good only above 50 degrees. Can't grow it around here as this zone gets much colder. Checked out the pics though and man, that is one freaking gorgeous flower. I had not realized there were so many varieties of passion flower. Really neat! I'm going to ha e to check out more types that will take our temperatures......Mel
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 15, 2014 8:34:55 GMT -5
Over 500 Mel. Had a customer that specialized in them, mainly to stock butterfly houses. Google images shows the awesome variety..
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 15, 2014 9:06:49 GMT -5
LOL...Jean I seen Andrew eat one of those fruits on his show..His comments weren't very nice about the flavor..
As for a weapon,heck ya'...LOL
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panamark
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Post by panamark on Sept 15, 2014 16:21:29 GMT -5
Mark: I looked up temperature tolerances for that species of passion flower and darn, it's a real tropical one good only above 50 degrees. Can't grow it around here as this zone gets much colder. Checked out the pics though and man, that is one freaking gorgeous flower. I had not realized there were so many varieties of passion flower. Really neat! I'm going to ha e to check out more types that will take our temperatures......Mel <since hijacking allowed> Yeah, the "coldest" I have seen it at our place there was 68 degrees. I swear the locals were wearing every piece of clothing they owned. And surprisingly, it seemed cold even to me (from Michigan and Idaho). We live on the water so really not a lot of temp variation. The ocean though can sometimes get really warm on the surface. Up to 96 degrees on the top 1 foot strata. I will keep an eye out though, for other plants that might survive in the US and bring home seeds for you all. And no Scott, I cannot bring you home a herp/reptile. Sorry. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 15, 2014 16:48:37 GMT -5
Mark: I looked up temperature tolerances for that species of passion flower and darn, it's a real tropical one good only above 50 degrees. Can't grow it around here as this zone gets much colder. Checked out the pics though and man, that is one freaking gorgeous flower. I had not realized there were so many varieties of passion flower. Really neat! I'm going to ha e to check out more types that will take our temperatures......Mel Mel, how cold does it get where you live? The fruitless passionflower I have I picked up at either Trader Joes or Boneys/Henrys/Sprouts. Not even at a nursery or the Depot. We rarely have real cold temps here, below freezing, but if we do, it's not for days at a time or anything. Mine has survived through the short freezes no problem. Normal lows here during winter are in the upper 30s, low 40s.
According to this Zone Finder Website, I am in zone 8B. I'm sure there are many varieties that will grow in your part of Texas. Maybe a good place to start looking is online?
Hijack away, Pana - Mark! Mel says it's okay. I'm glad I picked this thread back up again for the apology. So much to be learned!
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