Passion Fruit Flower Picture from Wikipedia
Click the link for a picture.
One of the treasures of our family is a wonderful couple named Dot Dot and Robert. They take up a great deal of time with my kids and lavish them with loving attention. My children simply adore them.
They have a wonderful garden. I have been asking Dot Dot if I could photograph it for you. I know you would enjoy it, too.
In conversation, I told them that I had read online that Passion Fruits were edible. After a long discussion, I offered to be the guinea pig. I ate a couple of the fruits last fall. They have an interesting, unusual and perfumey flavor, to me anyway. And maybe a bit slimy. I think I could get used to it, but it is nothing like anything I have ever experienced.
So the fruit is edible.
The flowers, Oh the flowers are stunning. They are completely covered with bees. They have this really interesting stamen that stands up from the flower. The ones at Dot Dot's house are purple with light yellow. After the bees finish with the nectar, the caterpillars take over and harvest the leaves. These are the caterpillars of the Gulf Frittilary butterfly. Passion Fruit is their favorite host plant.
Click here for an image of the Gulf Fritillary.
So the Passion Fruit Vine is also an important part of maintaining our butterfly friends and feeding our bee friends.
She gave me some today. I hope they grow. I'll take pictures if I get anything from them.
(Man, I hope we get some. I would love for my kids to get to see the life cycle of the Gulf Fritillary. Wouldn't that be a cool science thing for them?)
Click the link for a picture.
One of the treasures of our family is a wonderful couple named Dot Dot and Robert. They take up a great deal of time with my kids and lavish them with loving attention. My children simply adore them.
They have a wonderful garden. I have been asking Dot Dot if I could photograph it for you. I know you would enjoy it, too.
In conversation, I told them that I had read online that Passion Fruits were edible. After a long discussion, I offered to be the guinea pig. I ate a couple of the fruits last fall. They have an interesting, unusual and perfumey flavor, to me anyway. And maybe a bit slimy. I think I could get used to it, but it is nothing like anything I have ever experienced.
So the fruit is edible.
The flowers, Oh the flowers are stunning. They are completely covered with bees. They have this really interesting stamen that stands up from the flower. The ones at Dot Dot's house are purple with light yellow. After the bees finish with the nectar, the caterpillars take over and harvest the leaves. These are the caterpillars of the Gulf Frittilary butterfly. Passion Fruit is their favorite host plant.
Click here for an image of the Gulf Fritillary.
So the Passion Fruit Vine is also an important part of maintaining our butterfly friends and feeding our bee friends.
She gave me some today. I hope they grow. I'll take pictures if I get anything from them.
(Man, I hope we get some. I would love for my kids to get to see the life cycle of the Gulf Fritillary. Wouldn't that be a cool science thing for them?)
