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2007-06-01-A - Passion Flower_5378.jpg
Passiflora "Lady Margaret"
A couple of weeks ago my wife brought home a potted Passion Flower from a trip. Today it bloomed near the top where I could get a shot of it. Wikipedia says; "...'Passion' does not refer to love, but to the Passion of Christ on the cross. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries discovered this flower and adopted its unique physical structures as symbols of Crucifixion. For example: the 72 radial filaments (or corona) represent the Crown of Thorns. The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles. The top 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the lower 5 anthers represent the 5 wounds. The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time... ....In Japan, they are known as clock-faced flowers, and recently have become a symbol for homosexual youths. In North America they are also called the Maypop, the water lemon, and the wild apricot (after its fruit). Native Americans in the Tennessee area called it ocoee, and the Ocoee river and valley are named after it." JD Canon 10D EXIF Data Included e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net Additional images at; http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/ |
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2007-06-01-A - Passion Flower_5378.jpg
John - Pa. wrote in :
...In Japan, they are known as clock-faced flowers, and recently have become a symbol for homosexual youths. First the rainbow, now the passion flower... *sigh* Beautiful flower. I planted one last year but it didn't come back this year. |
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2007-06-01-A - Passion Flower_5378.jpg
Beautiful metallic-red flower. Thanks for posting
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2007-06-01-A - Passion Flower_5378.jpg
John - Pa. wrote:
Passiflora "Lady Margaret" A couple of weeks ago my wife brought home a potted Passion Flower from a trip. Today it bloomed near the top where I could get a shot of it. Wikipedia says; "...'Passion' does not refer to love, but to the Passion of Christ on the cross. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries discovered this flower and adopted its unique physical structures as symbols of Crucifixion. For example: the 72 radial filaments (or corona) represent the Crown of Thorns. The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles. The top 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the lower 5 anthers represent the 5 wounds. The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time... ...In Japan, they are known as clock-faced flowers, and recently have become a symbol for homosexual youths. In North America they are also called the Maypop, the water lemon, and the wild apricot (after its fruit). Native Americans in the Tennessee area called it ocoee, and the Ocoee river and valley are named after it." JD Canon 10D EXIF Data Included e-mail: blissful-wind(at)usa.net Additional images at; http://www.flickr.com/photos/john-pa/ Apparently they come in a variety colors and structures, but the cross remains much the same. Bob Williams |
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