Have you had any plant success lately - in the office or at home?
I bought this on a chance from Logee's even though I knew it would take at least four hours of sun every day. It lived at home, growing but not thriving in a window with morning sun. It came to the office, where it got a brief blast of direct southern sun. It even temporarily lived on a rooftop!
It was only after our most recent move that it got everything to make it happy - four hours of warm sun, no harsh wind, a bit of humidity. It settled right in and within two months put out these blossoms that open and die one by one, like a slow-moving string of Chinese firecrackers. We quickly realized that a healthy plant was a good sign for us as well; we were enjoying more sun along with the plant.
If you are looking for inspiration you should check out the Flickr Passiflora Pool (also click on the image above). The flowers are spectacular, short-lived but worth the wait.
Logee's has a large selection and one would make a great gift for a friend that has a sunny spot in a window. They also have a general Passiflora plant care page to get you started.
The University of University of Saskatchewan extension page has a bit more on the history of passion flowers.
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Congratulations! That is gorgeous.
I'm going to check out this rare orchid today. The seed is the size of a football!
http://www.bbg.org/abo/pressroom/plantcollections/2008/2008tigerorchid.html
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how wonderful for you! it is so beautiful and must be so rewarding for you after all the effort you put into keeping the plant alive.
as always , thank you for sharing the beauty and the knowledge. it's always a pleasure to check your site on Sat.
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Wow - both of those are stunning!
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WoW! That was certainly worth the wait.
I'm having realy good luck with the orchids this year. And my Hoya is producing umbels like crazy. A little neglect goes a long way.... ~:o)
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An old friend of mine used to have a fence covered with these, and there's a park where I used to live that had them too...
I was fortunate enough to get one of the plants on clearance at Home Depot, I was able to get it green and bloom a couple of times, but then bugs took over. I never thought about keeping it inside though... I might just have to try this!
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Amazing!
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gorgeous!
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A note to fellow Florida gardeners: This is a FL native plant and a great green choice for your garden in terms of water usage and pest management.
Beautiful photo. The purple-blue variety are more common here, so your vibrant pink one is a delight to see!
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Florida? No wonder mine is so mad at me. I keep it (in Canada) in a north facing apartment window. I got it at a grocers and was really surprised that they even had them. I saw them in gardens in Victoria so I figured it could hack it in my windowsill but then moved and now it gets only north sun. I intend to move again and am trying to keep it alive till then. I bought it at the end of last summer and all this year it has looked just horrid but is reaching valiantly for the sun by climbing the window to the top. Just last week there were suddenly blooms all along the one vine and every day a new flower greets me in the morning. They truly are spectacular and I whisper sweet nothings to it regularly to keep it going!
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BAM! that's one trippy lookin' thang.
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Andrea - keep it up! You may have to get a grow light to help it out. I've been told that even though these like the sun, they also like being kept cool, so maybe a north facing window with a grow light for a few hours would be ideal. Mine now gets four hours of sun, which is about what they like. I have another variety and it that seems to want even more than that.
And although they enjoy sun and light, I did manage to burn these vines when they lived on the roof - they like it a little filtered.
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