jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most
of the
fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I
thought
they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the
shops),
but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips?
Jo


If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange!
Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to
good though!

If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis,
I have some seeds for auction on ebay!


Cheers

Jason

--
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jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most
of the
fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I
thought
they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the
shops),
but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips?
Jo


If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange!
Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to
good though!

If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis,
I have some seeds for auction on ebay!


Cheers

Jason

--
Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds
http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50

jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most
of the
fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I
thought
they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the
shops),
but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips?
Jo


If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange!
Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to
good though!

If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis,
I have some seeds for auction on ebay!


Cheers

Jason

--
Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds
http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50

"Victoria Clare" wrote in message
. 240.10...
"Charlie Pridham" wrote in
:

(talking about grenadillos)

In case the original poster is still following this.
These "Granadilla" types often require a cross polinator (a second
unrelated plant, like certain apples) to produce fruit crops, but are
certainly a better bet eating wise than the bland insipid P.caerulea
fruits!

I have a theory that P caerulea is a pretty variable plant. For example,
I've seen it described as having no scent, but both of mine have a
gorgeous
scent which you can smell right across the patio, even if only a couple of
flowers are out. They are bog standard plants from a seed packet.

My guess is that the fruits may be similarly variable, as people seem to
report both nice and inedibly bland ones. Min haven't reached fruiting
size
yet, though they flower well.

Victoria
--
gardening on a north-facing hill
in South-East Cornwall
--
You are certainly correct re variability, mine has the deepest cobalt blue
flowers, some seedlings have washed out pale blues and flower poorly, so if
you have a good one always do cuttings. But I have never known one
unscented, I think it may matter where they are planted as they do not scent
all the time (well not here any way!) may be the fruit also needs certain
conditions to taste good? my hens liked them, I did not!

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collection of Clematis viticella (cvs)

jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most
of the
fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I
thought
they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the
shops),
but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips?
Jo


If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange!
Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to
good though!

If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis,
I have some seeds for auction on ebay!


Cheers

Jason

--
Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds
http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50

jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most
of the
fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I
thought
they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the
shops),
but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips?
Jo


If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange!
Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to
good though!

If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis,
I have some seeds for auction on ebay!


Cheers

Jason

--
Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds
http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50

jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most
of the
fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I
thought
they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the
shops),
but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips?
Jo


If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange!
Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to
good though!

If you want an edible passionfruit you need to go for Passiflora edulis,
I have some seeds for auction on ebay!


Cheers

Jason

--
Check out my ebay auctions for Passifora caerulea and edulis seeds
http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI....sort=3&rows=50

"Jason Pope" wrote in message
...
jo wrote:
I have a passion flower that has borne a huge number of fruit. Most
of the
fruit are now orange in colour. I have left them on the plant as I
thought
they went brown and crinkly with dry skins (as you buy them in the
shops),
but some are starting to turn mouldy. Any tips?
Jo


If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange!
Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to
good though!

Always struck me as wierd that the fruit of the passion flower is not
passion fruit.

[The again the Oak Apple is not the fruit of the Oak...]

The message
from "David W.E. Roberts" contains these words:


Always struck me as wierd that the fruit of the passion flower is not
passion fruit.

[The again the Oak Apple is not the fruit of the Oak...]

As for pineapple, pah!

Janet.

Nick Maclaren wrote:

In article ,
Jaques d'Altrades wrote:

I have some granadillo vines grown from seed. Closely related to
passionfruit - anyone know if they are hardy enough to grow outside?

That's easy - no. Outside the warmest parts of the UK, P. caerulea
is pretty well the only hardy one (and even then it tends to be
herbaceous). According the the books I have seen, none of the ones
grown for their fruit are likely to be hardy even in the warmest
parts of the UK. But a lot of the genus will do well in pots
outside in summer, if given some protection in winter - and that
doesn't necessarily mean more than being kept dryish and frost-free.

Which species is a granadillo?

According to Van der Planck 'Passionflowers'
P. edulis is known as Granadilla or Purple Passionfruit
P. quadrangularis is known as the Giant Granadilla
P.ligularis is known as the Sweet Granadilla

A couple of others Water Lemon . (laurifolia)
&
Banana Passionfruit (mollisima) are also edible as are all the
granidillas which are used in various parts of the world for fruit
production.
None of the above are hardy in the UK.. The Nat Collection of
passiflora keeps theirs in heated polytunnels.. Well worht a visit if
you are keen and around the Somerset area. Last time I went there they
also had a fruiting Monstera!-) Fascinating..

Passiflora are pretty fickle beasts and there is a large amount of
variation even within specific species. Thus for good flowering and
fruit production its a far safer bet to get a plant cloned (eg a
cutting) from an existing plant known to have good characteristics..

Jo, I'd be interested in a cutting of your plant if you have the time..

//
Jim

David W.E. Roberts wrote:

If it's a Caerulea passionfruit, they'll stay orange!
Pick them when they are uniformly orange, the fruit doesn't taste to
good though!


Always struck me as wierd that the fruit of the passion flower is not
passion fruit.

[The again the Oak Apple is not the fruit of the Oak...]


Eh?
The Passion Fruit IS the fruit of the passion flower!
The flower comes before the fruit, regardless of whether it's an edible
variety or a more ornamental one.

The edible variety you get in the supermarket is the fruit of
Passiflora Edulis, the common orange ornamental ones, are the fruit of
the Blue Passionfruit or Passiflora Caerulea.

Cheers

Jason


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