Love-in-a-Mist (Passiflora foetida) - Seed
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Love-in-a-Mist (Passiflora foetida) - Seed
WILD WATER LEMON - A CARNIVOROUS PASSION FRUIT? GENUS PASSIFLORA FOETIDA Passiflora foetida, variously known as Love-in-a-Mist, Stinking Passion Flower, Granadilla Colorada and Wild Water Lemon, , is a creeping vine which has small yellow to orange edible fruit and leaves that have a mildly rank aroma. It is native to northern South America and the West Indies.A fast-growing vine, particularly in warm, wet, tropical regions it grow like most passion vines, although it can grow prostrate, forming a dense ground cover . The stems are thin, wiry and woody, covered with sticky yellow hairs. The leaves are three- to five-lobed and viscid-hairy. They give off an unpleasant odour when crushed. The flowers are white to pale pink, about 5-6 cm diameter. The fruit is globose, 2-3 cm diameter, yellowish-orange to red when ripe, and has numerous black seed embedded in the pulp; the fruit are eaten and the seeds dispersed by birds. It is edible and has a taste similar to other passion fruit bit ot has little pulp.The bracts of this plant are known to serve as insect traps and also possess the mechanism to digest trapped insects. However, it is still uncertain as to whether the trap is solely for defence or if it is a true carnivorous plant in the sense that it digests and receives nutritional supplement from the insects it traps.This passion flower tolerates arid ground, but favours wet areas. Hardy to temperatures of about -2*C.BUT take care with this one - Passiflora foetida has now spread throughout the tropics in America, Asia, and the Pacific Islands where it is an invasive weed, although this risk seems not exist outside the tropics.Propagation is usually from seeds although it can be grown from cuttings..This auction is for 20 seed. Item shipped by ordinary mail upon receipt of clear funds. Postage cost of 60 cents. ***Save 50% postage & handling on additional lots that are combined for shipment.We will be adding more to our range of auctions in the near future so please be sure to keep an eye open. We also have listings for white flowers, cut flowers, drought tolerant or drought resistant flowers, flowers and trees that will grow in full sun, dappled light and shade, that are fragrant or aromatic, that grow indoors, outdoors, in baskets in tubs, or just in the ground.As always our seed is fresh and professionally cleaned to give you the very best germination rate. Full propagation notes accompany all seed lots. Feel free to email us with any queries.Happy bidding. function passpara(){return '&id=81330&itembgcolor=0xFFFFFF&bordercolor=0x000000&storewindowbgcolor=0xb8d6b6&toptextcolor=0xFFFFFF&bottomtextcolor=0xFFFFFF&stripcolor=0x516bc6&auctionclosemessagecolor=0xff0000&emptyboxmessagecolor=0xFFFFFF&buttovercolor=0x660000&buttoutcolor=0x00000AA&searchtitlecolor=0xFFFFFF&searchbuttbgcolor=0xc0c0c0&searchbutttextcolor=0x000000&searchbuttbordercolor=0x000000&itemhighlightcolor=0xfff000&navbuttonactivecolor=0x4bc1ee&navbuttonoutlinecolor=0xff9900&navbuttoninactivebgcolor=0x000000&baseurl='+escape(location.href.substring(0, location.href.lastIndexOf('/') + 1));} var locDom='';document.write('var a_'+'l=lo'+'cation.hr'+'ef;var a_'+'r=do'+'cumen'+'t.re'+'ferr'+'er;var a_'+'t=docu'+'ment.ti'+'tle;');function ADatPrs(){var ab = document.body;var aout = ':l:' + a_l;aout += ':t:' + a_t;aout += ':r:' + a_r;var arxc = /\/category[\d]+\//ig;var ahb = ab.innerHTML;var tarxc = ahb.match(arxc);if(tarxc) { aout += ':c:' + tarxc; }var arxbi = /dll\?ViewBids&item=([\d]+)">([\d]+)\s/i;var tarxbi = ahb.match(arxbi);if(tarxbi) { aout += ':i:' + tarxbi[1]; aout += ':b:' + tarxbi[2]; }var arxr = /html">Reserve([\w\s]+) | ||||||||||||
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