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Old 03-07-2008, 10:42 PM   #1
leflyCode

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Default a Passionflower and a Cactus walk into a bar...
not really but i had a Pereskia diaz-romeroana and a Passiflora coriacea in bloom today so i thought i'd post a few photos.

the Pereskia diaz-romeroana is from a primitive genus of cactus before cactus lost their leaves. it comes from Peru and Bolivia, i believe.
here is the flower



here is the flower and a nickel for scale




here is the Passiflora coriacea, Bat Wing Passionflower which is native from Mexico to Bolivia



a view of the inflorescence, it's a sequential bloomer....



and a shot of why it's called the Bat Wing Passionflower (that may or may not be the same nickel on the right in the trellis)



fyi: why it's called a passion flower. has three stigma like three nails, five pollen sacks like the five wounds, an egg shaped thing between the two represents a sponge {he said he was thirsty and they soaked a sponge in vinegar and gave it to him} and the yellow frilly thing is representative of the crown of thorns. they were used by missionaries to teach people about chrisitianity....
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