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Rick one of your cuttings has survived it is about 3ft tall and I hope that I will see at least one flower this year

ddsmokin

did you get the magic fertilizer?

send me you address again and i'll send you a few more cuttings just in case.

3 foot is damn good for about a month. cut it back to about 2 feet and it will encourage more growth from the roots. you will get another growth.

RICKAMAVEN@

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Rick I have the fertilizer and have been using it I have it in a one gallon pot and was afraid of transplanting it with the vines growing like they have. But now that I know that I should cut it back this will give me the chance to cut it back. Email sent thanks again

herein Ga its called a maypop great pic not a bad camera either

Can't wait to transplant mine, Rick!!!

I've already picked out a spot with plenty of sun, facing the kid's playground so everyone can enjoy.

I may regret asking this (expecting a punchline) but do they emit an aroma?

And what's they best way to propagate them- cuttings in water, vermiculite, and/or straight into soil.

Yeah, yeah, I know that you already told me...

MR BLOOD

if you put a cutting in water the roots have little reason to grow because they have already found water.

best is to put them in the soil or potting mix that you want to keep them in for a while. the roots will reach for the water and grow.

the flowers will smell like jasmine, assuming you remember her.

i'll be calling you as soon as my cell phone is fixed this week.

llehrjjett

damn. something new to learn everyday

Common Name: Maypop, Passionflower

Botanical Name: Passiflora incarnata

the camera is $150.00 4 pixel kodak.

i use picture it 99 to crop and enhance the color.

rick, i'm still waiting for ours to bloom. the vine has grown impressively, but so far there are no buds. i'll post a pic when a flower arrives.

That is beautiful, you have posted these in the past! I was wondering if hummingbirds are attracted to it, or does it scare em away with all the tentacles attached!

Charlie

Rick: "if you put a cutting in water the roots have little reason to grow because they have already found water."

ME: Ok, Thanks.

Rick:"best is to put them in the soil or potting mix that you want to keep them in for a while. the roots will reach for the water and grow."

ME: Ok, Ok. I get it now.

Rick:"the flowers will smell like jasmine, assuming you remember her."

ME: I knew you'd say something like that.

Actually, I only remember Iris and she wasn't very fragrant. LOL

Rick:"i'll be calling you as soon as my cell phone is fixed this week."

ME: Cell phone?

I thought it was the free football phone that you got with your Sports Illustrated subscription in '83.

Charlie

no necter in them that would attract the hummers.

the vines attract butterflys and i will soon have some caterpillars crawling around on them.

bloody spaniard

i have put a land line outside and will call you without the cell phone. strange that your number is the only one that won't work. every time i dial you with the cell phone, i hear "bastante, bastante, parada ya" with a jewish accent.

Hi,

The one pictured is called , "Passaflora Incense" , it has very large flowers up to 5 inches in diameter and have a very heavy scent to them.

This kind of passion flower grows like a weed here in California, it sends roots under ground quite far from the parent plant and will start another vine somewhere else. It also has fruit that has seeds that you can start new plants from as well. The fruit is edible , But I don't like it myself.

I used to have over 15 different kinds on passion flowers growing here but most of them couldn't stand the weather changes here and died.

I have 5 types in my yard still, Passiflora caerulea, Incense , Constance eliott (a white variety of Passiflora caerulea)and 2 others I can't remember the names to.

If you are really interested in Passiflora you need to get a book by... John Vanderplank "passion flowers"

Lots of very good pictures and many different descriptions, As a matter of fact the book I have has the same flower (as posted in the original post)on the cover. Very good book worth the information if interested.

Regards to all , Steve

Thank you, Steve, for the thorough info. I just hope that they can make it through a Maryland winter.

Rick said:"strange that your number is the only one that won't work. every time i dial you with the cell phone, i hear "bastante, bastante, parada ya" with a jewish accent. "

My "firewall" prohibits Ladino calls from southern Cali. LOL!

Or I may have been busy grooming Rico, my mechanical parrot.

Now that we are approaching fall will this plant grow indoors? I planted the ones you gave me in pots

ddsmokin

no it needs sun. if it dies back, cut the dead stuff off and wait until next spring. it should start growing again.

when it does start growing, stand back. ours just went crazy in just a couple of months. these things really do get out of control. be careful where you plant them.

Rick... that plant you gave me is going to produce THOSE!?

Cool!! My wife said you gave her instructions to let it get a bit bigger, then put it in the back yard.

MACS(SW)

tell her to keep it in the sun and make sure it is damp all the time. when it gets to many roots for the pot, it will start growing up. dig a hole bigger then the pot , remove the cuttings from the pot and fill all the spqce around it with good planter mix, and keep it watered for several months. by then it will have sent a tap root down to water itself.

it may not be able to grab a the smooth fence wall. wait and see. if not build a trellis out of 3/4 x 3/4 redwood so that the grippers can grab hold and grow up and out.

you cvould get flowers this year. if not next spring you will be purpled.