Passiflora coriacea | Bat Leaf | Wild Sweet Calabash | 20_Seeds Vine

Passiflora coriacea | Bat Leaf | Wild Sweet Calabash | 20_Seeds VineThis is Passiflora Coriacea, also known as wild sweet calabash and bat leaved passion flower. This rare passion vine likes to live in the full sun and blooms from the middle of the Spring until the middle of the Fall. These seeds were harvested from over ripe fruit by a professional horticulturalist. This is a host plant for the Zebra Long Wing, Zebra Heliconian, Julia Heliconian, Isabellas Heliconian, Banded Orange Heliconian, Mexican Fritillary,

These seeds are from Aristolochia coryi

Many people grow this vine as an Annual

This evergreen vine blossoms from the middle of the Summer until early Fall

meaning that the cross pollination was done and then the seeds were collected from those first generation plants that were cross pollinated

also known as Apricot Vine

Indigo Berry

but it is a nectar source for many other beneficial pollinators

The fruit on this one is beyond compare

The blossoms are mostly white with green and pink tinges and they are most impressive in the middle of the Summer

These red and pink flowers bring many birds

also known as banana passionfruit

USDA Hardiness Zones 8 to 11