Ploidy

'Tetraploid' or 'triploid' refer to the parent plant rather than the genetic make-up of the pollen. An ordinary diploid plant will usually produce haploid pollen, a tetraploid usually diploid pollen and a triploid or plant with unknown polyploidy we simply do not know. What is known however is that some polyploid Passiflora and their pollen are both viable. See article on hybrid pollen abnormalites.

For more general information see Passiflora pollen.