Two varieties of Passion Flowers
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Also, an intriguing story of why they are called a Passion flower.
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Swamp-Cork wrote:
The plant for the first two images was purchased locally this spring and has been blooming for several months. The second was purchased at a later time from a nursery in Florida and you will be viewing it's first bloom, which opened today!
Man, these are so cool. Thanks for sharing.
Aug 8, 2017 10:29:54 #
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Called a Passion Flower because: * The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance.
* The tendrils represent the whips used in the flagellation of Christ.
* The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (less St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).
* The flower’s radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the crown of thorns.
* The chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail
* The 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance).
* The tendrils represent the whips used in the flagellation of Christ.
* The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (less St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).
* The flower’s radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the crown of thorns.
* The chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail
* The 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance).
Aug 8, 2017 11:03:58 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
The plant for the first two images was purchased locally this spring and has been blooming for several months. The second was purchased at a later time from a nursery in Florida and you will be viewing it's first bloom, which opened today!
Very nice and quite unusual....Rich
Aug 8, 2017 12:24:48 #
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Loc: Lafayette, Louisiana
Swamp-Cork wrote:
The plant for the first two images was purchased locally this spring and has been blooming for several months. The second was purchased at a later time from a nursery in Florida and you will be viewing it's first bloom, which opened today!
Do they produce pods (grenades) that are aromatic with seeds like pom granites? As I remember we used to eat them and spit out the seeds, especially when they turned yellow and a bit wrinkled.
Aug 8, 2017 13:01:43 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
The plant for the first two images was purchased locally this spring and has been blooming for several months. The second was purchased at a later time from a nursery in Florida and you will be viewing it's first bloom, which opened today!
Corky, they are both beautiful and I appreciate the way you photographed them.
Greg
Aug 8, 2017 15:13:42 #
Aug 8, 2017 16:44:19 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
The plant for the first two images was purchased locally this spring and has been blooming for several months. The second was purchased at a later time from a nursery in Florida and you will be viewing it's first bloom, which opened today!
Beautiful Swamp-Cork...I love these flowers
Aug 8, 2017 16:47:22 #
Dan Downie wrote:
Wow! They are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome, Dan, and thanks for looking!
Aug 8, 2017 16:50:35 #
RE wrote:
Oh my Swamp-Cork these are stunning! I really like the last two, I love purple! :)
I'm so glad that you liked, Rena. and the last one looked even better than I had hoped for! PS I love purple also!!
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