two kinds of passiflora... can't tell which ones :(

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  1. calinromania

    calinromania Young Pine

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    hello everyone... been a while since i asked you to be detectives for me.

    here is another task... hopefully a simple one.

    i planted three kinds of passiflora... i know one of them,... don't know the other two.

    NUMBER 1:
    light green leaves, not very dark in color, kinda soft to the touch and not shiny. the stem so far tends to get a little purple... same with the "ends" of the leaves near the main stem.

    here are some pics:

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    NUMBER 2:
    darker leaves, shiny, toothed.
    pictures:

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    One of them is supposed to me banana passion vine - passiflora mollissima (hope i wrote that properly) and the other one... maybe a white variety of passiflora... or i don't know.

    HELP!

    calin
     
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    hummingbird3172 In Flower

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    I wish I could help you more, I'm clueless on the first one.

    I've also planted some p. mollissma....it's from seed. Did you grow these from seeds? They look really healthy. Here is a picture of the mollissma that I got from the website where I got my seeds:
    http://georgiavines.com/v-web/productpa ... issima.jpg

    I'd guess that the mollissma is #2, based on the leaves in this pic.
     
  3. calinromania

    calinromania Young Pine

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    hi anna.... yes... that was my guess as well for the mollissima. No 2.

    someone told me No 1. was actually papaya... and it makes sense... planted some a long time ago. And they don't develop into a vine. i looked for papaya and i got some very similar pics.

    thanks anna :D
     
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    hummingbird3172 In Flower

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    You're welcome!
    I know the leaves can look kind of different on the different types.

    Now if I can get MY mollissima to sprout!
     
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    calinromania Young Pine

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    i realized it kinda takes a long time... to germinate ...

    mine came out when i didn't expect... already forgot i planted them

    :)
     

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