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Baa
July 22, 2001 12:51 AM Post #9009
| This was supposed to be red (P.vitifolia) however a friend thought it might be the pale form of P.caerulea 'Contance Elliott'. I also have P. caerulea and this is certainly a lot paler in comparison but I'm not sure as I always thought Constance Elliott was pure white. This particular one stays evergreen all year too.
Anybody care to satisfy my idle curiosity?
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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louisa
Troy, VA (Zone 7a)
July 22, 2001 2:54 AM Post #98086
| You mean you haven't asked Tim???? |
Tim
Palmyra, VA (Zone 7a)
July 22, 2001 12:48 PM Post #98186
| Baa
You are correct, P. caerulea 'Constace Elliot' is pure white.
Can you get a closeup of the flower?? |
Baa
July 22, 2001 5:19 PM Post #98368
| Louisa
Yes thats why I posted it here :)
Tim
Unfortunately, while I'm rich in many ways, pecuniary abundance does not number amongst them, hence the camera being ummm less than perfect shall we say LOL A closer picture just blurs out completely as the aperture lets in too much light.
If it helps, the filaments have a bright violet ring and are much shorter than those on P. caerulea and the petals much longer. To be honest it may be that its P caerulea grandfilora or a cross species. I dunno...just musing away |
Tim
Palmyra, VA (Zone 7a)
July 23, 2001 5:56 PM Post #98809
| Can you try scanning the flower?
What color(s) are the petals? |
Tim
Palmyra, VA (Zone 7a)
July 23, 2001 6:04 PM Post #98811
| Baa,
See if it is anything close to these two.
http://www.passionflow.co.uk/clevedon.htm
http://www.passionflow.co.uk/vlasta.htm |
Baa
July 23, 2001 6:48 PM Post #98845
| Tim
I don't have a scanner, I use a digital camera. The only thing I can add is that the petals are white..it may be that its just another P. caerulea but a little different.
Thanks for your help! |
Myles
Surrey
United Kingdom (Zone 8b)
July 24, 2001 6:37 AM Post #99223
| Baa
Agree from picture that its a caerulea. As its been in uk for about 200 years its become more varied, & new hybrid lists being produced even name some of these as species selections but all a bit unclear for the moment. I have some pics of 2 quite different caerulea:-
http://www.passionflow.co.uk/caer1.htm
and one which looks quite like yours at
http://www.passionflow.co.uk/caer11.htm
Myles |
Tim
Palmyra, VA (Zone 7a)
July 24, 2001 2:23 PM Post #99362
| Oh I forgot about the wild variety found in Brazil.
Myles
I posted picture of P. foetida in the Photos Forum, do you know which variety it could be? http://davesgarden.com/showthread/62877.html
This message was edited Tuesday, Jul 24th 3:04 PM |
