Hickman In Bloom 3 by EugeniaAnn

Photography • Landscape • posted on Apr 23, 2007

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Our Passion vine in bloom...

Comments (9)

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Skipychic

8:04PM | Mon, 23 April 2007

Now, can a flower look pretty and weird at the same time... after seeing this, I would have to say... Yes!.. Great shot!

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bclaytonphoto

8:11PM | Mon, 23 April 2007

wow... that weird looking...quite interesting

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auntietk

9:57PM | Mon, 23 April 2007

Looks like something from a sci-fi convention! Excellent shot - thanks for showing us this!

MrsLubner

12:39AM | Tue, 24 April 2007

Beautiful. Great detail and color capture.

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ozbrat

12:55AM | Tue, 24 April 2007

Excellent shot

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hazelfaye

5:00AM | Tue, 24 April 2007

Oooh Annie what abeautiful shot this is

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EugeniaAnn

9:40AM | Tue, 24 April 2007

Thank you all for your comments.... I love this plant because I found this about it...."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 Spain, it is known as Espina de Cristo (Christ's Thorn). In Germany it was once known as Muttergottes-Schuzchen (Mother-of-God's Star).

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