Here is a link to the existing post with the flower photo:
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/azgard/gal0423011017746.html?2

Here is a link that might be useful: flower photo

one more try, this GW has some very strange rules about replies and posting of photos, can't seem to figure out how it works.

Anyway here is a link to my previous photo post of the foliage:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/azgard/gal0423033519150.html?1

Here is a link that might be useful: foliage of passiflora

Looks like some sort of edulis... Maybe.

Sounds as if it's not self fertile since your fruits never changed color & gained weight..

You might get a little guy from somewhere & try to cross polinate them when your big one flowers... Or trade pollen if available. When my caeruleas open I can prolly get you some.

Yes I was thinking edulis too. I didn't realize they wouldn't be self fertile - duh. I guess I was just amazed at how big and lush this thing is and yet no fruit. Maybe I just need to get another one and have it grow over the ugly shed :) Thanks for the pollen offer Krstofer. I may yet take you up on that if I can't get another bloomer in time to fertilize. Still not sure when flowers will appear.

I have lots of caerulea blooms now. If you want some pollen let me know how to harvest and pack it and I will be happy to send you some.

Patsy

Reporting back....

Well over on the AZ forum, someone sent me to this link below, a huge photo gallery of them! Mine is definately edulis -- the photo looks exactly like my photo.

Now for those who have offered me pollen - first, thank you so much for the generousity. I am not sure how to proceed, did not realize I needed cross pollination and really do not know how to collect pollen, either method or timing. I'm sure it's as easy as painting the pollen on with a soft brush but other than that, I am out in left field. Can anyone point me to more details on requirements and methods so I can see if I should proceed down that path? the cross pollination of pretty but fruitless passiflora?

Here is a link that might be useful: Passiflora photo album

oops, forgot the most important question: can I pollinate an edulis with caerulea pollen or must I use an edulis?

I am assuming I would end up with "cross-breed" seeds if cross pollinated???

opps II! Well darn I should have searched before I posted the above - apparently from the thread I've noted below, self fertile means pollination is possible with just one plant but it's only with purple fruit plants!

Now the dilemma is: do I have a purple fruit plant? As it has never had ripened fruit (they were hollow, green and eventually just fell off), how do I know if my edulis is a purple variety or not?

Apparently, from other posts I have read, there are different "types" of edulis -- not sure how they are different from the one I have but now scratching my head and wondering if those other forms are purple, yellow or ???fruit. And just what is mine?

Seems like a catch 22 question - do you have purple fruit? Well, ah, I don't know since the fruit never ripened and I'm not sure how to get fruit that will ripen through proper pollination technique because I don't know if I have a purple fruit plant....!!!!

Here is a link that might be useful: pollination thread

P. edulis comparison here.
Myles

Here is a link that might be useful: P. edulis ID

Well I went out today and really inspected my vine very closely. Guess what I found? A tag that said... passiflora edulis frederick - purple fruiting, self-fertile. So after all the guessing that darn tag was there all the while!

Thanks for all the feedback - I still can't believe there are no flowers yet here in the sunny warm desert. We have had a cooler spring than normal but it's been 80-90+ daily here for the past few weeks and fairly warm at night many (but not all) nights. It is putting out a lot more new growth so hopefully some of those new shoots will be flower buds. I am going to vigorously pollinate between the blooms this year again and add some potassium rich fertilizer and see if I can get any fruit this year. Sure would like that....