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Passiflora Cultivars (2007)<br />

For more information on the registration of cultivars in the genus Passiflora go to<br />

http://www.passionflow.co.uk/reg.htm<br />

Registration Ref. #076 (03/01/2007)<br />

Cultivar Name P. 'Mauro's Mission'<br />

Originator David Costen (United Kingdom)<br />

Parentage P. kermesina (+) × P. loefgrenii ‘Iporanga’ (0)<br />

Description Vine round-stemmed, free-flowering in Autumn. <strong>Flowers</strong> to<br />

8cm in diameter reflexing, occasionally two at each node; sepals<br />

and petals pinkish mauve with 0.5cm sepal awn; peduncle up to<br />

15cm; bracts 0.2cm filiform, irregularly spaced, soon deciduous;<br />

outer corona filaments reddish maroon at base banded white and<br />

pale violet to apex; leaves three-lobed 12cm wide by 9cm long,<br />

sub-coriaceous mid to dark green; petiole to 6cm; two 0.1cm<br />

long petiole glands at mid-point; stipules reniform 1cm x 0.5cm;<br />

fruit capsular eight-faceted; fertile pollen. Grown from seed<br />

supplied by Mauro Peixoto and named in tribute to his efforts to<br />

conserve Brazilian flora.

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