Hi Birdlady, It took about half an hour to get the whole sequence. Pictures three through seven (counting left to right across) took less than five minutes. It was amazing to watch it literally spring open. The flowers are lightly candy scented, nowhere near as strong as "Incense". I have to put my nose up to the carulea flower to smell the scent. This flower, and the other that bloomed today, has stayed open twice as long as normal. I'm trying to keep an eye on them tonight to watch the closing process. I'm glad you enjoyed the photos. Robert

Yeah, my Fledermouse (and shouldn't that be "Fledermaus"? Is the former spelling Americanized from German, or was it registered as such? It simply looks odd to me) arrived well-packaged with 5-6 nice leaves on it, but after potting it up the leaves began to yellow. After about a week, the first one dropped, and by the end of the month it was a bare stick. I only watered it about once a week, just enough to keep the soil from completely drying out. I emailed Georgia Vines to see if there were any conditions it was picky about--too much sun, too little, humidity etc.--and they replied that it wasn't particularly demanding, growing in varied conditions for them. So I just left it on the window sill and waited. About a week after the last leaf dropped, one of the dormant buds on the vine swelled and started growing. Now it's got a dozen leaves and growing vigorously. A couple of years ago, when I first started getting into passis, my approach was the exact opposite. I ended up with a lot of dead plants. The lesson: less is more. :-)

RetiredFL - the Lambiekins (or so she was tagged - see photo) contributed to the alternating petal colors. The rest was Mother Nature's cocktail. I'm new at this too, but my marked vine - which is growing in a massive LM mess, continues to produce the same flowers. I tagged the vine that produced the first odd bloom the same day and have traced its branches and determined that it is its own plant. Who would have thought - it wasn't an intentional cross - just a happy coincidence that I had two passiflora that append to me planted in proximity to one another.

Passiflora edulis var. "frederick" is a heavy feeder, and I cant get mine to stop flowering in zone 10, whether it is the ones in the ground or in pots. A balance time release fertilizer works well, but be awarare that over fertilization and wet roots will produce root rot. They also are easily stunted by small pots. A 3 gallon pot may only produce a four to six foot plant and a dozen fruit in a year. You might also try a foliar spray, to restore micronutrients.