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Passiflora telesiphe

Passiflora telesiphe
Photo: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0

Passiflora telesiphe is a climbing passionflower vine endemic to Ecuador, known only from Zamora-Chinchipe Province in low Andean forest. Little is documented about its cultivation, so care guidance here is inferred from related passionflowers.

Family
Passifloraceae (Passion-flower family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic potting mix or loam rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Passiflora telesiphe is a species of flowering plant in the family Passifloraceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.

Where it grows

So far this plant is known only from Zamora-Chinchipe Province. It is found in low Andean forest habitat at elevations of 1,700m.

Other Passiflora plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Passiflora telesiphe 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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