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And a Few More Passion Flowers

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 15, 2014 | Flowers, Passifloraceae Family

As promised – here are a few more photos of the various passion flowers I’ve photographed. As much fun as they are to photograph – it’s equally fun to see people’s reactions to the photos of the passion flowers. I hear comments that they look like jellyfish, sea anemones, pasta, and space aliens. So what do you think they look like?

Lady Margaret Passion Flower. I do have some other photos of the Lady Margaret Passion Flower in an older blog post.

Lady Margaret Passion Flower © 2013 Patty Hankins

And finally the Giant Granadillia Passion Flower (passiflora quadrangularis) which is the largest passion flower I’ve photographed

Giant Granadilla Passion Flower © 2013 Patty Hankins

I’m always on the lookout for more passion flowers to photograph. If I find more – I’ll be sure to share them. One variety I’m still looking for is Passiflora Incarta – which is native to the southeastern states. Maybe 2014 is the year I”ll find one 🙂

A Few Passion Flowers

by hankinslawrenceimages | Apr 1, 2014 | Flowers, Passifloraceae Family

Passion flowers are always fun to photograph. They all have common elements – alternating petals and sepals (all about the same size), the corona with radiating filaments, and the raised stigma, styles and antlers. Microsopy-UK has a wonderful page describing the parts of the passion flowers in detail -and shows them under a microscope. But even with all these common elements – each variety of passion flower looks different from the others.

Here are a few of the passion flowers I’ve photographed

An Incense Passion Flower (passiflora incense)

Incense Passion Flower © 2012 Patty Hankins

A Blue Passion Flower (passiflora caerula)

Blue Passion Flower © 2012 Patty Hankins

And an Amethyst Passion Flower

Amethyst Passion Flower © 2013 Patty Hankins

I have a few more passion flower photos that I haven’t shared yet. I”ll try to post them in the next week or so.

What Is It?

by hankinslawrenceimages | Jan 16, 2013 | Passifloraceae Family, Photo of the Month

I have seen and photographed some amazing flowers over the years. One flower that really caught my eye and made me ask "What is it?" when I first saw it was a Passion Flower. And I’m not the only one who has that reaction to these amazing flowers.

At shows, I’ll often see people looking at my photos, pick one up – and look at me with a questioning look on their face. They’ll often ask – "What is it?" And they don’t even have to show me which photo they’re holding – I know it’s one of my Pasison Flower photos. People have described it as looking like a jellyfish flower, a sea anemone flower, a space alien flower and most recently – as the purple pasta flower!

There are close to 500 varieties of passion flowers found primarily in tropical regions. There are nine varieties that are native to the United States. Most of these are vines with large distinct flowers that have adapted to local pollinators. In addition to the native varieties of passion flowers, many hybrids have been developed so now passion flowers can be found throughout the world.

Passion flowers are grown for their amazing flowers, and because they are very useful plants. The fruit of various passion flowers plants – passion fruit – are eaten by many people. Native populations have used parts of the passion flowers to treat everything from insomnia to epilepsy.

So far I’ve photographed five or six varieties of pasison flowers and I’m always on the lookout for more of these amazing flowers to photograph.

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New Photo: Passion Flower Pair

by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 10, 2012 | Flowers, New Photos, Passifloraceae Family

I’ve recently added a new photo – Passion Flower Pair – to my Beautifulflowerpictures.com website.

Passion Flowers are one of the most amazing flowers I’ve photographed. Once you’ve seen a Passion Flower – it’s easy to recognize other members of the family. But if you’ve never seen a Passion Flower – and come across one – it’s not uncommon for people to have no clue what they are. When I have my photos at shows and I see people pick up a photo – and look at it as if they have no clue what it is – and then hold it out for me to identify the flower – it’s always the Passion Flower photo that they are holding. People have said it looks like everything from a space alien to an undersea anemone.

Actually, passion flowers are a tropical vine with flowers that are optimized for pollination by bees and hummingbirds. The flowers were named in the 15th and 16th century when Spanish missionaries saw symbols of the last days of Jesus Christ and his crucifixion in the blossoms.

This photograph is available as either at 18 X 12″ or 30 X 20″ gallery-wrapped canvas. You can order Passion Flower Pair from my website.

Lady Margaret Passion Flowers

by hankinslawrenceimages | Aug 24, 2011 | Flowers, Passifloraceae Family

My photograph of an Incense Passion flower has always gotten the most puzzled looks over the years at shows. People would pick up the photo – look at it – and look up at me – and ask What is it? I didn’t even need to see which photo they were looking at – from their reaction – I knew it was my Passion flower photo. I’d explain it was a passion flower – and they would say it looks more like a space alien or a sea monster than a flower. So since then – I’ve been keeping my eye out for more passion flowers to photograph.

Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph some Lady Margaret Passion Flowers. Passion Flowers are easy to spot – there is nothing else that looks anything like. The Lady Margaret Passion Flowers were much smaller than the Incense and Ruby Glow Passion Flowers I’ve photographed in the past. The petals on the Lady Margarets hung down rather than stick straight out. Photos I’ve seen of Lady Margarets do show petals in other positions that I saw – so it may just be a matter of timing that determines their shape.

I hope you enjoy my photos of the Lady Margaret Passion Flowers

Passion Flowers

by hankinslawrenceimages | Oct 5, 2008 | Flowers, Passifloraceae Family

On a couple of recent trips to Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland, I was able to photograph some passion flowers. Both types I’ve seen have very large petals, with prominent stamens and styles.

The first one was photographed in July near the Butterfly garden. I believe it is an Incense Passion flower which is hybrid of two other types of passion flowers – Passiflora incarnata and Passiflora cinnicata.

The second passion flower is a Ruby Glow Passion Flower. It is a variety of the Passiflora Alata and is located in the fragrance garden at Brookside.

I’ve noticed signs for other types of Passion Flowers at Brookside Gardens and at some of the other local public gardens. I’m definitely keeping an eye out for more of these amazing flowers.