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[Richard Harrison <rharrison922@yahoo.com>]

I would think nectar would smell and be attractive to any insect attracted by nectar---regardless of the appearance of the inflorescence. Aren't insects color blind?

However, I'm not sure if passion fruit flowers attract insects with nectar or not. Sorry.

                                                              Richard Harrison, NW FL

--- On Fri, 8/21/09, Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net> wrote:

From: Jim Fruth <jimfruth@charter.net>
Subject: [NAFEX] Fruits with strange(?) flowers
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Friday, August 21, 2009, 8:16 AM

    The trouble with growing passion fruit, P incarnata, and other fruits
not native to this area is the strangeness of the flowers.  The pollinators
here don't recognize them as sources of nectar and/or pollen.  Consequently,
they don't get pollinated unless I do it by hand or the wind does it.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN  56472
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