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But I have it as Passiflora quadrangularis. (Typo - for granadilla - GKH
- but the letter was correct.)

We have P. quadrangularis. You're very welcome to come and have a look at
ours. But Passiflorae seem to lead to more arguments re varieties than
almost any other plant.

I've heard that they tend to form mongrels.

Is yours planted outside, or potted? (or, other?)

If I had a digital camera I'd have posted pics of it by now, but
spondulix fugens.

Heart-shaped leaves with subulate point, pea green, leaves coming off
stem alternately, and in two planes (1 north, next one south, next one
east, next one west etc). 'Spurs' on top of leaf stalks. Tendrils from
stalk/stem junction, and later, side-shoots.

You can almost see the leading tendril move - duing the summer when one
vine was growing very fast, in fifteen minutes the tendril at the top
moved through an arc of 180° as it looked for something to strangle.

/snip/

Last time I spoke to them they were very unhappy about losing mycology
to Kew. I'll have to try them on some specimens of fungi next time I
find something I think is interesting.

I wonder how many enquiries they get per month? I really don't know but I
also wonder how much of their staff they can afford to dedicate to ID
requests. Just a thought...

Well, the British Museum probably aren't any better off.

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