I found this delicate little passion flower out on my morning walk yesterday. The vine was creeping over the garden wall of an abandoned property and I brought home a long stem to take a closer look. This is Passiflora foetida, also known as Stinking Passionflower, Love-in-a-mist (due to its resemblance to Nigella damascena a flower also surrounded by numerous threadlike bracts), Running Pop and Wild Waterlemon. The latin foetida refers to the apparently unpleasant smell emitted by damaged leaves, though I haven't noticed this! The bloom, which is quite small at just over 3 cms in diameter, appears to last only a few hours, opening at dawn and closing by midday. Well worth clicking on the photos to enlarge.
I have never seen such a blossom. It must be a tropical. Simply lovely no matter what its name or character.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos. They are incredible flowers.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos of a gorgeous flower!
ReplyDeleteVery different from the passionfruit blossoms we have here in Brazil. Very lovely and exquisite!
ReplyDeleteAna.
Beautiful flowers!!!
ReplyDeletewho made the world, caroline?
ReplyDeletehow could anything be so delicate, so intricate, so color.ful?
i love that you posted this. the most apt word i can think of is miraculous.
oh, and i ♥ caroline and everything she does
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Lovely! I have a passionflower in my garden , but a very different one. Your shots are a piece of art by itself!!
ReplyDeleteGroetjes uit Singapore!
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Simply exquisite!! Your photos are beyond amazing too!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Not just the flower, but your photos too. I love that you show different aspects of it.
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love the complex flower of the passion flower? Whenever I see them out and about I just have to stop and have a really good look. My love-in-a-mist is just coming into bloom now. Another favourite.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flower and the photos are amazing!
ReplyDeleteReally incredible! If i could be in love with a flower? this would bew it ;)
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh...that open flower is just exquisite. I've never seen one in person. I think I would be capture if I stumbled across one. You should paint it...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and unusual flower too.
ReplyDeleteNot only is this a beautiful flower but the photographs are just gorgeous.
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