A friend sent me a ton of Passiflora foetida fruits a few days ago. I'm going to start 3 slightly different auctions.
Auction #2 : Passiflora foetida seeds + P. edulis seeds. I'll send 100 fresh P. foetida seeds, plus at least 30 P. edulis seeds.
Starting bid $2, Postage $5 paid by auction winner, US only.
Passiflora foetida is a plant which displays some elements of carnivory. The consensus right now is that it is probably not carnivorous.
One amazing feature of Passiflora foetida is that it can be grown as an annual, quickly blooming and fruiting from seed.
My friend used to live in MD (suburban DC). She thinks seeds planted in late May should grow and produce and fruit the same year in that climate. The plant can also be cut back and brought inside for the winter. I would recommend planting at least some of the seeds immediately. Passiflora seeds lose viability and/or become slow to germinate upon storage.
The P. edulis seeds are from one or two varieties which are wild/feral in SW Florida. These are from dried fruits, which are impossible to distinguish, but the two varieties have yellow and green fruit when mature. P. edulis plants usually take at least a year or two to start blooming and producing fruit.
P. foetida flowers. Note the fascinating sticky bracts, which surround the buds and fruit.
The fruits she sent. They are grape sized, contain about 20-30 seeds, and are tasty but small.
The seeds. I'm estimating about 800-1000:
The rest of the seeds:
The Passiflora edulis fruits, dried. These are about golf ball sized. The seed are in a wad of goo (the arils). I removed many already from the opened fruit. I consider these fresh.
There is a slight chance I will add more seeds before 5/21.
Auction #2 : Passiflora foetida seeds + P. edulis seeds. I'll send 100 fresh P. foetida seeds, plus at least 30 P. edulis seeds.
Starting bid $2, Postage $5 paid by auction winner, US only.
Passiflora foetida is a plant which displays some elements of carnivory. The consensus right now is that it is probably not carnivorous.
One amazing feature of Passiflora foetida is that it can be grown as an annual, quickly blooming and fruiting from seed.
My friend used to live in MD (suburban DC). She thinks seeds planted in late May should grow and produce and fruit the same year in that climate. The plant can also be cut back and brought inside for the winter. I would recommend planting at least some of the seeds immediately. Passiflora seeds lose viability and/or become slow to germinate upon storage.
The P. edulis seeds are from one or two varieties which are wild/feral in SW Florida. These are from dried fruits, which are impossible to distinguish, but the two varieties have yellow and green fruit when mature. P. edulis plants usually take at least a year or two to start blooming and producing fruit.
P. foetida flowers. Note the fascinating sticky bracts, which surround the buds and fruit.
The fruits she sent. They are grape sized, contain about 20-30 seeds, and are tasty but small.
The seeds. I'm estimating about 800-1000:
The rest of the seeds:
The Passiflora edulis fruits, dried. These are about golf ball sized. The seed are in a wad of goo (the arils). I removed many already from the opened fruit. I consider these fresh.
There is a slight chance I will add more seeds before 5/21.
