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I grow lots of things. Passion-flowers, carnivores, voodoo-lilies.. And miscelaneous strange & unusual things.. Some producing edible fruit, some just doing something cool. But all of them do Something besides simply sitting there, being green & converting CO2 to O2. Anything can do that.

Here's the flowers I expect to see when my passiflora vines decide to bloom- I have all of these, I used my pics of the ones who have bloomed for me, and shamelessly stole the rest from the 'net.

I have more than the ones pictured here, but their tags were lost somewhere so I'll have no idea what they are untill they bloom, and some kept their tags but I can't find a picture. Passiflora 'Whirlygig' for example. When it blooms it will suprise both you and I.

alata.jpg
Alata
amathestlavenderlady.jpg
Amathest_lavender_lady
biflora.jpg
Biflora
bluecrown.jpg
Bluecrown
caeruleawhite.jpg
Caerulea~white
edulisflavicarpa.jpg
Edulis_flavicarpa
herbertiana.jpg
Herbertiana
incense.jpg
Incense
incense2.jpg
Incense2
incense3.jpg
Incense3
incense4.jpg
Incense4
incensebig.jpg
Incense_big
ligularis.jpg
Ligularis
passiflorasunburst.jpg
Sunburst
pfordtii.jpg
Pfordtii
platyloba.jpg
Platyloba
puravida.jpg
Pura_vida
quinquangularis.jpg
Quinquangularis
seemannii.jpg
Seemannii
victoria.jpg
Victoria

These are the ones who have bloomed for me- I'm collecting the pollen from all of them and trying to create some hybrids. So far I have Incense X Caerulea for sure... Now comes wating for the fruit to mature, the seeds to sprout, and the plant to grow to such a point that it flowers and I know if the last 2 years (by the time it flowers) have been a waste of time or not. We'll see tho, Sunburst is a hybrid... Maybe I'll get lucky and create something cool.

So anyway, here's what's popped so far:

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eartae.jpg erger.jpg incense2.jpg quad1.jpg quad2.jpg
quad3.jpg weraaa.jpg

Seeds! I've got a lot of seeds who I'm attempting to sprout...
When they do and if they live to flowering age, I hope to have a bunch of flowers such as these:

actinia.jpg
actinia
alata.jpg
alata
amethystina.jpg
amethystina
cincinnata.jpg
cincinnata
edulis.jpg
edulis
edulus leaf and flower.jpg
edulus leaf & flower
foetida.jpg
foetida
gracilis.jpg
gracilis
herbertiana.jpg
herbertiana
incarnata.jpg
incarnata
ligularis.jpg
ligularis
loefgreniicorupa.jpg
loefgreniicorupa
micropetala.jpg
micropetala
mollissima.jpg
mollissima
organensis.jpg
organensis
pohlii.jpg
pohlii
quadrangularis.jpg
quadrangularis
serratodigitata.jpg
serratodigitata
subrotunda.jpg
subrotunda
villosa.jpg
villosa

I have a pile of passiflora plants & seeds.. Some seeds have sprouted so now they're seedlings.. In no particular order, they are:

Alata
loefgrenii
Blue Botique
Incarnata -> "Maypop"
Quinquangularis
Serratifolia
Alata X Incarnata -> "Elizabeth"
Atropurpurea
Adenopoda
Amethystina
Ligularis
Subrotunda
Serrulata
Sapphire
Violacea
Actinia
Lutea

Capsularis
Actina
Ambigua
BifloraMucronata
Odontophylla
Picturata
Pohlii
Rubra
Serrato-Digitata
"Medicilandia"
Tripartita
Tarauaca
Tricuspis
Triloba
Vesperillo
Villosa

Edulis:
      Tom's Black
      Panama Gold
      Frederic
      Flavicarpa
      Alba



I keep many carnivorous plants- Some live outside in a small bog I created.. It was a "pond".. Which I filled w/ peat moss & distilled water. Ponds at least ponds that small take a bit of care to keep clean.. Else they're just a slimy nursery for mosquitoes. A bog is much easier.. Pour some (distilled or rain) water in occasionally, keep it damp & (at least from what this beginner has read) your plants will be quite happy. I created it about 4 months ago and so far everything seems to be doing fine.



I've built 3 terrariums so far- This one is my largest. With the little ones I quickly ran out of space.. Hence the creation of the big one. It's 48" wide, 24" deep, and 36" tall.

Here's the whole thing:

Most of the lights are off so I could get the picture. There's a few banana seedlings in there, just so when you go "what's that", that's what. The pyramid shapes on the top house 1 75 watt hallide bulb & 1 150 watt flourescent. Under each back shelf are 2 40 watt flourescent bulbs, the common "shop light" kind, and under each side shelf are 2 22 watt (each) compact flourescent bulbs. With all the lights on the thing pulls 500+ watts, and lights the whole room. The tube looking thing on the middle top is a chimney above one of the cooling fans (activated by the thermostat near the bottom of the terrarium) which aids in cooling the whole thing by convection. As the warm air rises up the 'chimney' it pulls in cool air through slots in the bottom. (look at the bottom left- see the slot cut in the plexi? That's a cold air intake.)

The back & sides are 1/4" plywood, with reflective mylar sheet spary-glued on to create mirrors directing the light back toward the plants. The underside of the top just happens to be a highly polished side of plate aluminum I found at the recycler's It's almost "mirror" quality.

Humidity is adjusted with a humidistat (near the bottom of the terrarium as well) and a home-brew ultrasonic humidifier I tore apart & remade to my spec's. It blows mist down from above, and the entire device is hidden behind the chimney. When set at 65%, I go through about a pint of water every 2 days.

The shelves are 1/8" aluminum plate I picked up at the local metal recycling place (it's sold as 'scrap' there & I get it by the pound) with 1/2"x1" wooden sides bolted on. Cracks are sealed with 50 year silicon calking, making watertight trays within which the water can be about 3/4" deep if I wish.

The lights are controlled by an appliance timer ($5 at hardware stores) & is "on" 18 hours, then "off" for 6. Thus the plants "see" an 18 hour day with a 6 hour night. The heat & humidity controlls are "on" all the time, however rarely turn on during the night cycle.

Here's the bottom shelf, closer:

The bottom right side, showing the thermal & humidity controlls:

And one of the small side shelves:

And here are some of the plants who live inside the terrarium:

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baby1
baby2.jpg
baby2
big.jpg
big
burmanni.jpg
burmanni
burmanniroots.jpg
burmanniroots
capillaris.jpg
capillaris
capillaris2.jpg
capillaris2
capillaris3.jpg
capillaris3
dielsiana.jpg
dielsiana
nitidapuchella.jpg
nitidapuchella
nitidapuchellablooming.jpg
nitidapuchellablooming
nitidapuchellaflower.jpg
nitidapuchellaflower
scorpiodes.jpg
scorpiodes
spatulata.jpg
spatulata

The dielsiana aren't but about 2 week old seedlings.. And the scorpiodes are 2 week old gemmae.

There are a great many carnivorous plant stores on the internet all one has to do is search.

These are the ones I have ordered plants from.. All are good-

Best Carnivorous Plants. Based in the Czech Republic- Really nice pics on their site.
California Carnivores. The owner is the author of the carnivorous plant bible- The Savage Garden.
Cook's Carnivorous Plants. They sell on ebay sometimes..
Sunshine Sundews in Austrailia has a nice selection.
Sarracenia Northwest has a monthly plant contest.

Links to passion flower seed providors, discussion groups, and picture collections:

www.passionflow.co.uk

www.passionflow.co.uk/reg.htm

www.passiflora-bruckelt.de

www.blumen-passiflora.de

http://mpeixoto.sites.uol.com.br/index.html

www.passiflora.it

www.kingma-vermaat.tmfweb.nl

http://membres.lycos.fr/houelc/collection.htm

http://listserv.surfnet.nl/archives/passiflora-l.html

www.passiflora.org

www.passiflora.tk

www.passiebloem.nl

www.passiflorasite.100.nl

http://biological-diversity.info/native_passiflora_main.htm

www.nafralevi.de

http://forum.msg.icpro.de/PM4D/PM4DH/PM4DHF/pm4dhf.htm

www.passiflora.ch

www.sementes.de

www.sunshine-seeds.com

http://home.t-online.de/home/Gregory.David/html/body_passiflora.html

www.passiflora.info

www.golatofski.de

http://br.f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/yurieduardo2003

http://13005.forum.onetwomax.de

http://www.exot-nutz-zier.de/

MSN Passifloren Gruppe (auf Deutsch)

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