AFAIK they are self incompatible so they should be crosses.
In my experience growing out seeds of white maypops, the percentage of white offspring is pretty low. But obviously depends on the other parent etc etc.
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Lovely fruity smell that’s hard to describe. Slightly citrus, slightly pawpaw?, tropical smell?
Taste is sweet up front and then citrus sour in the back like a passion fruit. Seeds are pleasant. Flesh is pleasant texture. Grows in 7a no problem.
I’ll be looking for improved varieties over this one but already pretty decent!
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Is this straight incarnata or something else?
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Straight incarnata as far as I know- and actually it was self fruitful (and very self fruitful at that). I originally got two vines but one died
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Very nice! Did you purchase that from somewhere or is that one you developed? That is some nice-sized fruit!
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The yellower pulp is a good indication that it’s sweet and flavorful. Enjoy.
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The size varies from fruit to fruit, but when there are dozens of them on the vine I’m happy even if some are as small as a lime and others as big as an orange.
The original vines were from logees. I bought two from them in 2023: incense and an unnamed variety. Maypop Passion Flower For Sale | Logee's – Logee's Plants
One variety died, but the other produced the fruit above. Ripening time in my zone is late October (I let them fall into mesh bags). The first one I opened up had white pulp but that was in September and it probably wasn’t ripe- tasted like a lemon. Good but not as good as this one!
It is very aggressive and so I have many seeds or vines if they want to trade or buy.
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Hardy hybrid passion fruits have been ripening for me on and off for about a month, but they’re entering the main crop at this point.
One of the decent sized ones
The red blush comes from having a little P. edulis ancestry. The think pith comes from P. cincinnata I believe, it helps give them a really long shelf life.
This one was not quite as ripe as I like, still having some tartness. In a few weeks it would have been just pure sweet, this was sweet tart. Nice flavor and plenty juicy.
Overall my impression is still the same, it’s a really nice passion fruit that’s almost what I’m looking for. I want them to be more aromatic and a bit earlier ripening, but otherwise I’m quite happy with these and prefer them over Maypop, especially for the flowers.
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Today’s harvest, plus some lemon guavas.
The second picture has the biggest one but I didn’t notice it was out of focus so I’ll just post both pictures.
These will sit on the counter for a bit to finish ripening up.
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Really big pots. Like 10gal absolute minimum.
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so this guy popped off when i was moving the plant around to bring it indoors. probably still early as it wasnt wrinkled and didnt fall off on it own. i stuck it on the counter for the last couple weeks and it has started to wrinkle up:
i just cut it open to see what its looks like. it smells of a more sour tropical punch:
ive tossed the halves in the fridge for the time being, think its safe to eat?
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Should be fine, maybe more sour then usual? I don’t think passion fruit ripen further in the fridge, seem to need heat.
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Some interesting color development on one of the hybrid seedlings. Wish the fruit were larger given that pretty color.
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i just meant i put it in the fridge till i could hear back from yall who have experience eating these in different states.
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It’ll just be more sour. My fruit typically drop before they start to wrinkle at all. Taste fine and are safe to eat.
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Anyone growing in just morning sun with any success.
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I have quite a few passiflora, most of which are in pots. P Capsularis is happily grown in a pot and has sweet smelling white flowers. The fruit are small and explode when ripe (which means I have these as weeds in other pots).
P Edulis fruits (though not well) for me in pots.
My incarnata are all in the ground, though I have fruited one or two in a pot some years.
My passiflora trifasciata is currently thriving in a too small pot overrun with white fluffy mycelium for a wood loving mushroom I am growing.
Only my figs, my morus nigra, and a bamboo or two are in really big pots
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Question for those growing in cooler climates in containers: does P. edulis go dormant for you? At what temp do you protect it?
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Hi Vivaldi, not sure if you answered this but where did you get these hybrids? Are they growing fine for you in-ground in zone 8?
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not really, but then again I have mine under lights and I lightly fertilize in the winter.
It does lose a bunch of leaves, but it doesn’t seem to be a spider mite magnet like P Incense or caerulea
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