Guild Wars 2

Are the drop rate of Passion Flowers bugged or artificially set to a very low drop rate in order to promote the new lottery chests?
I have been farming Passiflora several times a day on 3 different characters ever since we got access to the island and not gotten a single one.

if i’m not totally wrong they don’t drop – they can be harvested

Soulhunter.2158:

if i’m not totally wrong they don’t drop – they can be harvested

Supposedly they can be harvested from Passiflora nodes, (the wiki says this is the case) but in about 200 attempts with Ori sickles I have yet to get one. This may be what the OP is referring to.

I’m sorry i did’t read that carefully enough. I didn’t realize there is something else beside “Passion fruits”. I have nearly 100 of them but did’t got a single “Passion Flower” either.

(bare with me english is not my native language)

Ironically, after posting the OP, I got a Passion Flower on my second node. Sadly, that is also still the only one I have.
Sure, I can buy some on the TP, but the current prices of Passion Flowers along with the amount needed to make a single piece of accessory is effectly barring me from crafting any, be it for sale or for my own character(s).

So my question still stands, bug or intentional low drop rate?