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In a Passiflora biological taxonomy document I read a few years ago, they grouped it into the Passiflora "Super-Section Laurifolia / Series Tiliifolia", which would maybe suggest that those in the same Super-Section and/or Series would make for the best cross pollinators. Looking through the list of Passiflora species in that Super-Section, these are the ones that are more commonly known:P. gabriellianaP. laurifoliaP. nigradeniaP. nitidaP. tolimanaP. venustaP. alataP. phoeniceaP. quadrangularisP. maliformisP. serrulataP. triloba
It does fruit in LA. The fresh fruits first became available last year in LA, so most of the seedling growers wouldn't be getting flowers just yet, except for a few like barath and the guy that fruited it in LA.I'm sure there'll be lots of people fruiting it from seed in a couple of years.
Mine has been throwing a couple flowers every night for just over a week. I’m getting fruit set with ‘Constance elliot’And less consistently with ‘Frederick‘
Shane, that's really weird and interesting. I wonder if it was a cross that produced those. They look bigger than normal P. ligularis fruit. I'm curious what they end up tasting like. If they're like other fruit in that subsection of passiflora, they won't fall when ripe -- you have to pick them.
Quote from: barath on June 25, 2020, 12:34:08 AMShane, that's really weird and interesting. I wonder if it was a cross that produced those. They look bigger than normal P. ligularis fruit. I'm curious what they end up tasting like. If they're like other fruit in that subsection of passiflora, they won't fall when ripe -- you have to pick them.Hey barath, glad you jumped in here! You gave me this plant years ago so maybe you remember if it could be a Frederick cross? It was June 2015 according to my messages. Recognize this tag?
update:Self hand pollination Frederick Constance Elliot
Yes on Frederick pollen. Update on the fruit: I had the Frederick crossed fruit when it was still purple and there was no flesh just seeds and white cases. But it did produce seeds so the crosses work to that extent. Then I waited for the others to turn color and have 3 yellow as of a couple weeks ago. We tried one last Saturday. This was from using self pollen. The taste was sweet and pleasant. Not much sour at all. Slightly bitter aftertaste. My wife chews the seeds and she said way crunchier than Frederick. I definitely prefer Frederick for the sweet tart mix. I’ve saved seeds and try to germinate. Overall the pollination success was approximately 1/20 for Frederick 3/9 For Constance 2/2 for selfHand pollination with its own pollen seems like the best option. Next year I’ll do mostly that.