Passion Flower Pair © 2012 Patty Hankins
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.