Passion Flower, no fruit

[Jimmy G]

My passion flower vine is quite prolific in producing flowers, however they never set fruit.

It's about 3 years old, & is quite full. I had a vine with identical flowers in the past that produced bountiful fruit. There is no indication of any fruit growing after the flowering ( such as beginning to grow, then dropping).

Oddly, my Valencia orange tree, about 50' away & in a lower garden flowered, then did not set fruit. Several other fruit trees are doing just dandy.

Any ideas?

Thanks much!

[paghat]

I've read that SOME passion flowers simply will not produce fruit without cross-pollinating with another vine from a separate cloned strain, but that this trait varies from strain to strain, some being fully self-fertile. Passiflora hahnii invariably requires an unrelated clone to pollinate it, & P. murucuja is very curiously induced to self-pollinate only when an unrelated clone attempts to pollinate it. The two species that are most apt to self-pollinate are P. incarnata & the most commonly grown P. caerulea, but it is never a sure thing & a for some strains a different clone may be needed.

-paghat the ratgirl

[Zemedelec]

Frequently all parties are relieved when the flower of passion bears no fruit!

zemedelec