I have some open pollinated P. amethyst seeds that you can have for postage. You don't have an email address listed on your member page.

That would be great. and thanks for letting me know about not having an email. I changed that. Let me know where to send the sase.

Your P. 'Amethyst' created fruit without your interference? You must have some aggressive bees!! Amethyst and x violacea are two plants that I count on never having fruit unless I pollinate them by hand. I may have to rethink that...

Kbear send me an email. My address is listed on my member page.

Eric I helped myself to some fruit from the P. amethyst plants at the Butterfly World gift shop. The vines were loaded with fruit and they were just dropping off the plants. They don't use those for their breeding program so I didn't see the harm in taking them.

I've had a LL/amethyst (are they the same????) for years and have never had fruit on mine regardless of hand pollination.

Hmmmmm... I am guessing that is was not P. 'Amethyst' that you snagged fruit from. Perhaps is was amethystina, which constantly sets fruit?

P. 'Lavender Lady' vs. 'Amethyst': Unofficially, yes they are same. Officially, there have been long debates and disagreements over this plant, and I still don't think a true conclusion has been reached. No matter what, the plants you would buy labeled as either one is almost invariably P. kermesina x P. caerulea. P. amethystina, however, is a species with a similar name but is quite a different plant.

We only ever get fruit on ours with hand pollination. Indeed, our hybrid P.'Atropos' is P. 'Amethyst' x P. amethystina.

Eric

Unless Butterfly World labeled their plants incorrectly it was P. amethyst. None were in bloom at the time but all the plants that I've bought from Butterfly World over the years have been labeled correctly.

Weird. I doubt their identification was wrong, but that is still unusual. Then again, Florida likely has different bees and hummers than we have in the rest of the country, and there may be one that is the perfect vector for that hybrid.

Here's one thing to keep in mind though: P. 'Amethyst' does not have viable pollen.... meaning it was pollinated by something else. Growing those seeds may provide you with some cool new hybrid!