I still can’t do it.
CTWW is like a craving.
Small Footprints is still on her hiatus
This week, it’s just a little post, an update on my passion fruit.
Passion fruit growing alongside the house
Update: I forgot to add this text…
A bezerra (big black bee) pollinating a passion fruit flower in my yard. These bees are necessary because of their size, as they are getting the nectar, the pollen brushes off on their backs, and hence taken to the next flower where their backs rub against the stamen and deposits the pollen.
That’s it. Satisfied my craving. I know the photo is terrible, it was worse until I attacked it and altered the colours, etc.
Eco-Crap 
Posted by smallftprints on December 5, 2012 at 12:42 pm
Wow … your passion fruit is fabulous! I love how it trails the wall! Does your plant produce a lot of fruit? I’ve only had passion fruit once when I was in South America … it was wonderful! I’m so glad that CTWW is in your blood! 🙂
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 5, 2012 at 12:51 pm
>SF, there are 30+ fruit in various stages (you can see one in the video) and every day at least 5 new flowers open for the big black bumble bee to pollinate; the best day was 11 flowers. The flowers open about 2pm in the afternoon and wither early evening, so the window for pollination is small. The vine stretches about 30ft and it actually two plants intermingled. Nice to see you about.
AV
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Posted by smallftprints on December 11, 2012 at 3:15 pm
Are the flowers fragrant? They are beautiful … I had no idea, though, that they are so short-lived. Good that your pollinators are diligent! 🙂
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Posted by smallftprints on December 11, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Uh Oh … didn’t think that my comment “took” … appears that it did! Sorry about the repeat! 🙂
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 11, 2012 at 3:35 pm
>SF, I do that sometimes when nothing appears to be happening, you hit the button again for good measure.
The flowers don’t seem to have a particular smell, yea their lives are very short.
AV
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on December 11, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Got rid of the first one. I have a CTWW post ready for tomorrow, there’s even a challenge…
AV
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Posted by Alex Jones on January 3, 2013 at 8:17 pm
Never seen a black bee before. Thanks for showing.
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Posted by argentumvulgaris on January 3, 2013 at 8:19 pm
>Alex, the bumble bees here don’t have a yellow stripe, at least I haven’t seen one.
AV
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