Virgin Island Passionflower (Passiflora biflora)
Description
Passiflora Murucuja is a slow growing passion with angular, hairless stems. The plant climbs by means of branches which originate in the leaf axils. The sheet steal be up to 1.5 cm long. The alternately arranged leaves are shallow two- or three-lobed, cross-elongated and 1-3 x 2.5-7 cm in size.The plant blooms already as a small plant. The flowers grow solitary or in pairs to 2,5 cm long flower steal. The crown tube is approximately 0.6 cm long. The flowers are 4-6 cm wide. The sepals are red and are up to 3 cm x 0.7 cm. The petals are red and up to 2 x 0.4 cm. The corona is an upright, 1-1.5 cm long, orange-red or red, tubular, filmy membrane to the lower portion of the androgynofoor surrounds. The plant can form fruit with their own pollen . The fruits are spherical, ripening from green to black and 1-1.5 cm.Passiflora Murucuja occurs naturally in Puerto Rico , Haiti and the Dominican Republic , where he is pollinated by hummingbirds . In Belgium and the Netherlands, this plant in the greenhouse are kept and on the windowsill. It can be propagated by seed or cuttings .A similar species Passiflora Tulae with larger leaves and flowers.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Passifloraceae
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Genus: Passiflora
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