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Passion Flower
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| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Prachi Narawade (prachi_narawade) (38) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-06-27 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Exposure: f/3.5, 1/400 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-07-09 5:14 |
| Viewed: 401 |
| Points: 8 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Common Passion Flower
Common name: Maypop, Purple passion flower, Apricot vine
Botanical name: Passiflora incarnata
Family: Passifloraceae (passion flower family)
Purple passion flower is a fast growing perennial vine that employs tendrils to grab hold of adjacent shrubs, structure and other supports to lift itself to heights of 8-12 ft The large serrated leaves grow 5-6 in wide by 6 to 8 in long. They typically have three to five lobes and are arranged alternately on the stem with flowers and branches emerging from the axil. All of the passion flowers have beautifully complex blossoms and Purple passion flower is no exception. These have 2-3 in diameters and are composed of 10 white tepals arranged in a shallow bowl shape above which is arranged fringe of purple and white filaments, called the corona. In the center is the white fleshy stigma surrounded by five stamens. Purple passion flower is native to southeastern United States. Passionflower was first "discovered" in Peru by a Spanish doctor named Monardes in 1569 who documented the indigenous uses and took it back to the Old World where it quickly became a favorite calming and sedative herb tea.
The unusual shape of the flowers has led to the plant being associated in Christian symbolism with the passion of Jesus; the three stigmas representing the three nails used to nail Jesus to the cross, the ovary and its stalk represent the chalice of the Last Supper, the five anthers represent the five wounds, the corona represents the crown of thorns, the ten 'petals' (actually five petals and five sepals) the apostles (save Judas the traitor and Peter the denyer); the old leaves also represent the hands of those who persecuted him, the young leaves the point of the lance used to stab him, and the tendrils the whips of those who beat him.
In India(Maharashtra), it symbolises the characters in the Great Indian Epic "Mahabharata". The five anthers are 'Pandava', the five brothers. Its locally in Maharashtra called as "Krishna Kamal", after the Lord Krishna who plays the main role in Mahabharata.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Passion_Flower
http://www.flowersofindia.net |
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nice capture. Tfs. regards
Milind
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Hi Prachi,
Good capture, very good details, color is wonderful. Congratulation!
Horia
very nice capture.great!
Hi Prachi, Namasté!
Interesting shot!
Great light and shadows
Wonderful colours and low saturations, in Argentina we call this flower "Mburucuyá" or "Pasiflora", here we also use it as sedative tea, is a naturally grown medicinal herb.
Regards
Nora
