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Passiflora ambigua

Passiflora ambigua
Photo: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0

Passiflora ambigua is a climbing passion-flower vine native from southern Mexico to tropical South America. It is grown mainly for its ornamental flowers and needs warm, humid conditions and something to climb on.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top few centimetres of soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix or garden loam enriched with compost.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Mexico to S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Passiflora ambigua is a species of flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae. It is found in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, and Colombia.

Other Passiflora plants

Sea anemone passion flower · Bracted passionflower · Passionflower · Passiflora amoena · Passiflora ampullacea · Passion flower · Passion flower · Passionflower · Passiflora arbelaezii · Passiflora arborea · Arizona Passion Vine · Norfolk Island Passionfruit

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passiflora ambigua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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