Passiflora coccinea’s common name is no surprise to me:
Red Passion Flower
Or maybe I’m the only one who gasps in delight whenever I see one of its $@#&-me red blooms on the vine.
Yeah, didn’t think so.
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on May 18th, 2009 at 11:23 am
How funny…I thought, “Oh, that looks like a maypop flower…” which of course made me Google maypop. And guess what? It’s a purple passionflower! Who knew????
on May 18th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Wow, just gorgeous. I have had purple passion flowers appear out of nowhere in our yard this year. Probably has more to do with the lack of mowing than anything else, though. I deliberately have not mown them over yet, but the vines seemed to have stopped blooming.
on May 18th, 2009 at 11:25 am
@Karen:
*raises hand* I did!
on May 18th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
That is a beautiful red flower, you are funny!
on May 19th, 2009 at 8:21 am
I live in Central Florida, and my entire crop of corn was just ruined by what I believe to be corn earworms. Have you had this problem, and how do you control them?
on May 19th, 2009 at 8:28 am
@Ernie:
First off, my mother was just telling me the other day she doesn’t recall ever getting an ear of corn that didn’t have a corn worm in it somewhere, just cut off the bad spot and move on. *shudder* This year we’re using Bt (bacillus thuringiensis), which is instant death to any caterpillar (and some beetles and flies) that takes a bite of something on which it has been sprayed. The only trouble is this is an organic prevention, therefore easily washed off by rain, and has to be reapplied afterwards. We’re spraying at least twice a week and so far so good.
Bt is also very effective at controlling Skipper caterpillars, which roll up and chew the leaves of cannas. You can get it at Home Depot/Lowes in the pesticide section.
on May 22nd, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Thanks for the help. The 22″ of rain that we have gotten in the last 5 days, in addition to the hail we had this afternoon, has also wiped out all of the jalapenos, half of my tomatoes, and a quarter of the bell peppers. So much rain that the copper isn’t working anymore for preventing the mold and fungus.
Arrrg. If it isn’t the bugs, it is the weather.
on May 22nd, 2009 at 5:34 pm
@Ernie:
I know, it sucks. Were spared hail, thankfully, so everything survived…except the blasted cucumbers. I’ve ordered some more disease resistant varieties though and will be trying for a late season crop.
on May 24th, 2009 at 10:20 am
I have the purple incense passionvine everywhere and I love it. So do those butterflies. Gorgeous pics!