The giveaway is for a set of 5 seeds, to 3 people. Completely free.
A friend just sent me some seeds. Passiflora foetida has gotten attention as potentially having some characteristics of a carnivorous plant. Sticky bracts surround the buds, flowers and fruit. No real evidence has been shown of the plants deriving nourishment from any bugs that are "caught", and I think the consensus right now is that it is not a carnivorous plant. There is a detailed article here, on "Protocarnivorous Plants", with photos of Passiflora foetida.
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Regardless of whether or not it's carnivorous, it's a cool plant. It can be grown as an annual, flowering and fruiting in its first year, at least in climates with a sufficiently long growing season. Fruits are tiny, but edible, and apparently tasty.
My friend tells me she has never seen a trapped insect.
It looks like I have about 25 seeds, not including a couple that got crushed in transit--sent protected with 1 layer of bubble wrap. I'm hoping the rest are OK. I'm keeping a few to try here.
The seeds could have come from any one of three varieties she grows, or perhaps crosses between them. I believe she said one of the 3 is likely a hybrid with Passiflora sublanceolata.
I'll send these in a coin case, to protect the seeds from crushing. Feel free to combine this with the Aristolochia seeds I'm also posting, if both are available.
They came in a bit of goo, so I'm drying them, and trying to get a look at whether others may have damage. So far I don't see anything obvious.
(the two crushed ones are on the left)
A friend just sent me some seeds. Passiflora foetida has gotten attention as potentially having some characteristics of a carnivorous plant. Sticky bracts surround the buds, flowers and fruit. No real evidence has been shown of the plants deriving nourishment from any bugs that are "caught", and I think the consensus right now is that it is not a carnivorous plant. There is a detailed article here, on "Protocarnivorous Plants", with photos of Passiflora foetida.
Protocarnivorous plant - Wikipedia
Regardless of whether or not it's carnivorous, it's a cool plant. It can be grown as an annual, flowering and fruiting in its first year, at least in climates with a sufficiently long growing season. Fruits are tiny, but edible, and apparently tasty.
My friend tells me she has never seen a trapped insect.
It looks like I have about 25 seeds, not including a couple that got crushed in transit--sent protected with 1 layer of bubble wrap. I'm hoping the rest are OK. I'm keeping a few to try here.
The seeds could have come from any one of three varieties she grows, or perhaps crosses between them. I believe she said one of the 3 is likely a hybrid with Passiflora sublanceolata.
I'll send these in a coin case, to protect the seeds from crushing. Feel free to combine this with the Aristolochia seeds I'm also posting, if both are available.
They came in a bit of goo, so I'm drying them, and trying to get a look at whether others may have damage. So far I don't see anything obvious.
(the two crushed ones are on the left)
