Flowers . . .

justam

Nice!

HushBull

illegal pants

i like matt.c wrote:

looks like it's spying on us

hehe love it!

justam

HushBull wrote:

This one is eye-catching.

i like matt.c

electronblue

i took a picture of the vine.. berries/raindrops...next, i downloaded and happened to notice this little guy...~

melodious

Very beautiful...

justam

eddie's Tone rocks wrote:

i took a picture of the vine.. berries/raindrops...next, i downloaded and happened to notice this little guy...~

I love this one!

releaselauren

releaselauren

i like matt.c

brokenarrow

Lizard wrote:

What kind of flowers are these? I don't think I've ever seen anything like them!
Beautiful flowers everyone, I'm catching up on everyone's photos again,

Rock on

brokenarrow wrote:

What kind of flowers are these? I don't think I've ever seen anything like them!

Its a vine passion flower.

I like this one, sticking its tongue out.

brokenarrow

Rock on wrote:

Its a vine passion flower.

I like this one, sticking its tongue out.

Thanks Rock on, this photo is beautiful also, so crisp! What kind of camera do you use?

melodious

Rock on wrote:

Its a vine passion flower.

I like this one, sticking its tongue out.

if a flower is God's way to tantra, then certainly you captured such spirit in this photo, LOVELY.

Lizard

brokenarrow wrote:

What kind of flowers are these? I don't think I've ever seen anything like them!
Beautiful flowers everyone, I'm catching up on everyone's photos again,

Yeah--Rock on is correct. It is a passion flower that took over my yard from the neighbor's!! I find the way they got the name interesting--nothing to with romantic love---

"Passion" does not refer to love, but to the Christian theological icon of 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, particularly the numbers of its various parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus Christ and especially the Crucifixion. For example: the radial filaments which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower were taken to represent the Crown of Thorns. The ten petals and sepals can represent the ten faithful apostles. The top 3 stigmata can represent the 3 nails and the lower 5 anthers the 5 wounds. The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora

brokenarrow

Lizard wrote:

Yeah--Rock on is correct. It is a passion flower that took over my yard from the neighbor's!! I find the way they got the name interesting--nothing to with romantic love---

"Passion" does not refer to love, but to the Christian theological icon of 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, particularly the numbers of its various parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus Christ and especially the Crucifixion. For example: the radial filaments which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower were taken to represent the Crown of Thorns. The ten petals and sepals can represent the ten faithful apostles. The top 3 stigmata can represent the 3 nails and the lower 5 anthers the 5 wounds. The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. . . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora

Thanks for sharing the description of the flower, I scrolled back and forth between the text and your photos. Also, the liturgical color for Lent is purple, between the physical characteristics and color, I can see how it got its name. You're right, that was really interesting.

Rock on

brokenarrow wrote:

Thanks Rock on, this photo is beautiful also, so crisp! What kind of camera do you use?

Thank you brokenarrow and melodious. I have a Canon AS590 IS set on macro for these.

These are from a conservatory at Seattle's Volunteer Park shot 2 weeks ago.

chadwick

releaselauren wrote:

nice, Lauren
very nice

chadwick

releaselauren wrote:

Lauren, pretty flower picture lady