Passion vine plants are beautiful plants to grow in your garden or home. Learn all about passion vine plant care with gardening tips from a horticulturist in this free gardening video.
Showing posts with label Passiflora. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Passiflora. Show all posts
Monday, July 27, 2009
Exotic Passion Flower in Mystic
Pam Arguelles snapped this photo of her first Passion Flower. This very exotic tropical plant has a dozen more buds. It is a fascinating and beautiful flower. The size and structure of flowers of other Passiflora species is optimized for pollination by hummingbirds. The fruit of the plant is the passion fruit. Hundreds of hybrids have been named and hybridizing is currently being done extensively for flowers, foliage and fruit. A number of species of Passiflora are cultivated outside their natural range because of their beautiful flowers. Posted by Nancy Hevenor
Video: Passiflora Incarnata
Youtube video by Fnordly:
Passiflora Incarnata (maypop, mayapple, apricot vine) is a relative of the tropical passionfruit that grows wild on the east coast of the US. I have been cultivating it as a hobby for the flowers and the tasty, exotic looking fruit. I'll do more videos as it grows apace.
Passiflora Incarnata (maypop, mayapple, apricot vine) is a relative of the tropical passionfruit that grows wild on the east coast of the US. I have been cultivating it as a hobby for the flowers and the tasty, exotic looking fruit. I'll do more videos as it grows apace.
Video: Gardening Tips : How to Prune a Passion Flower
Prune a passion flower by cutting out the wild or dead vines and trimming the plant down one-third at a time. Avoid pruning passion flower plants until the vines have reached a significant length with tips from a sustainable gardener in this free video on gardening.
Plant of the Day - Passiflora (Passion Flower)
Passion flowerFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Photo:Passiflora pardifolia was only described in 2006
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
(unranked): Eurosids I
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora L.
Species: About 500, see text
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
(unranked): Eurosids I
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora L.
Species: About 500, see text
The passion flowers or passion vines (Passiflora) are a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants, the namesakes of the family Passifloraceae. They are mostly vines, with some being shrubs, and a few species being herbaceous. For information about the fruit of the passiflora plant, see passionfruit. The monotypic genus Hollrungia seems to be inseparable from Passiflora, but further study is needed.
The family Passifloraceae is found worldwide, except in Europe and Antarctica. Passiflora is also absent from Africa, where many other members of the family Passifloraceae occur (e.g. the more plesiomorphic Adenia).
Nine species of Passiflora are native to the USA, found from Ohio to the north, west to California and south to the Florida Keys. Most other species are found in South America, as well as China and Southern Asia (17 species), New Guinea, Australia (four, possibly more species) and New Zealand (a single endemic species). But new species continue to be described: for example, P. pardifolia and P. xishuangbannaensis are only known to science since 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Species of Passiflora have been naturalised beyond their native ranges. For example, Blue Passion Flower (P. caerulea) now grows wild in Spain.[1] The purple passionfruit (P. edulis) and its yellow relative flavicarpa are introduced in many tropical regions as commercial crops.
Nine species of Passiflora are native to the USA, found from Ohio to the north, west to California and south to the Florida Keys. Most other species are found in South America, as well as China and Southern Asia (17 species), New Guinea, Australia (four, possibly more species) and New Zealand (a single endemic species). But new species continue to be described: for example, P. pardifolia and P. xishuangbannaensis are only known to science since 2006 and 2005, respectively.
Species of Passiflora have been naturalised beyond their native ranges. For example, Blue Passion Flower (P. caerulea) now grows wild in Spain.[1] The purple passionfruit (P. edulis) and its yellow relative flavicarpa are introduced in many tropical regions as commercial crops.
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