Liliko'i Blossom
Look at the exotic beauty of that blossom. It's a flower that promises fruit you can never forget.
Our last landlady was known for her legendary lilikoʻi pie. Her husband would come to the yard almost daily to carefully tend each delicate fruit to maturity. The one time we made the presumption of plucking one of the fruit--from our own yard mind you--there was a knock on the door soon after inquiring where it went.
The vines only produced enough fruit for one pie each year. In my mind, that pie was destined for royalty, sweet and tart, lighter than air atop a rich, buttery crust.
Sadly, I was never able to persuade our landlady to share her pie with us, mere commoners.
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I think that this is what we call a passion flower in the Midwest and maybe the fruits are called maypops.
Robinson, I'd never heard the term maypops, but I did some research and discovered that maypops (Passiflora incarnata ) are closely related to the passionfruit (Passiflora edulis) pictured above. The flowers look essentially identical. Thanks for stopping by!