PlantFiles: Giant Granadilla
Passiflora quadrangularis

There was a discussion among Passiflora experts about the cultivar called 'Warmlands' some time ago. Logee's claimed to have discovered a new passiflora hybrid in San Diego and named it "Warmlands" only to find out later that it was not a new hybrid and it already had a name of Passiflora macrocarpa, also known as Passiflora quadrangularis. The correct name is Passiflora macrocarpa, but they did sell some as 'Warmlands' so the confusion may exist for some time.

The flowers are the most beautiful I have ever seen. The aroma of the flower is awesome and I plan to put my next batch through my Green Power machine and see what kind of "scents" I can get. I hand pollinated the fruit I have now. I haven't had the pleasure of tasting the fruit yet. I have 5 other passion fruit types and this one has by far the most amazing flower. I will upload pictures and other notes as time permits.

These giant,rampant, tropical passionfruit are delicious and reminiscent of tropical fruit salad. The surrounding flesh is eaten as well as the seedbearing pulp normally associated with passionfruit once the outer and inner skins are removed. I grow mine up trees where they will climb up 60 feet or more into the canopy making it hard to retrieve the fruit sometimes. Contrary to a common belief in my area they do not need hand pollination if there are bees and other insects around to do the job. When grown on a pergola the fruit are easy to collect.