Passiflora cirrhiflora ordering info

A native of south America, this passionflower needs consitently warm temperatures to thrive and likes good air circulation. We have been casually searching for it for several years and in 2007 I spent about 15 days trying to locate it internationally in a somewaht serious way and now I have 2-4 plants on their way here for June 2007 or thereabouts. We will be taking an interest list with a priority given to those with facilities to care for this somewhat tempermental passionflower. We would like to place a few in botanical gardens but will also release a few for sale in order to pay for the cost of obtaining this very rare plant. As we will be one of only maybe 5 places in the world to have one and the only one in the US to have one (besides a certain Univeristy who won't even return anyone's emails about the plant or make it available to other gardens which pretty much ensures the plant's demise in the US), we would like to make sure that we find at least one other place to stash this plant where it will be safe in case our mother plant goes south. We will ask that you not sell the plant for a set length of time so that we can use the proceeds from cirrhiflora to fund our work here.

Here are some links that may be of interest:

• French Guianan passiflora website showing Passiflora cirrhiflora flowers growing in their native habitat
• again with the French Guianan site. Oy!

One impossible to get plant (although if you have it, it's not so impossible. Please no wild-collected plants of plants that are rare in their native habitats):
• Impatiens psittacina
• A live Musa ingens
• Passiflora ischnoclada seed or live plant
• Passiflora sanctae barbarae seed or live plant
• Passiflora tica (seed less than one year old or live plant)
• Make us an offer - one-of-a-kind unique plants considered and those that can bring in money easily. The proceeds of plant sales from these fund obtaining and distributing plants to gardens and collectors and breeding programs for endangered species.

Multiple plants of somewhat rare type that are not already in our collection
• Philesia (a live plant or even a semi-rooted cutting)
• some German Brugmansias that are not in the US already would be considered due to the fact that they would fund our work through plant sales.
• Make us an offer - note: we don't often go for aroids but would consider them if they could generate money for our work (IE: rare and expensive on the retail market)

If you are interested in being considered for a cirrhiflora placement, please email eleonor.england@gmail.com and explain who you are (collector, Just A Guy, Botanical Garden, etc) and your familiarity with this plant's care requirements and if you have the ability to provide for its needs. It's OK if you are not 100% familiar as no one in the US is but just give some background so we have an idea about your set up and skill level. If you do not have the set up for one, maybe you can have your local botanical gardens contact us.