Passiflora ‘Blakii’
No description of this cross has been found.
Camden-bred hybrid named for Edmund Blake, convict gardener at Camden Park at this time, possibly hybridised by John Bidwill. ‘We have raised a considerable batch of seedlings from the crossed Passiflora seed, some of which are now 8 or 10 feet high and beginning to show flower buds. The most promising looking are Kermesina x caerulea [see Passiflora x floribunda [Macarthur]] and caerulea-racemosa by Kermesina. There are two other crosses supplied by you from Sydney but we do not know what they are.’ Macarthur to Bidwill, 25th November 1845 [MP A2933-2, p.98].
Horticultural & Botanical History
No additional data.
History at Camden Park
Listed only in the 1857 catalogue [T.718/1857]. Macarthur was in the habit of identifying Camden Park hybrids by a normal type generic name and ilalicised specific name, e.g. ‘Passiflora Blakii’. In the 1850 and 1857 catalogues six Passifloras are thus identified; Blakii, Camdeni, delicata, elegans, floribunda and Kingiana.
Notes
Published Jan 31, 2010 - 12:31 PM | Last updated Aug 04, 2011 - 05:02 PM
| Family | Passifloraceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Garden origin, Camden Park |
| Synonyms | |
| Common Name | |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Passiflora Blakii |
| Confidence level | low |