Passionflower

by Robyn King

Title

Passionflower

Artist

Robyn King

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

Passionflower is a recent addition to my Flower Series. This unique and beautiful flower grows on trailing vines that reach up to 30 feet in height. This particular flower was growing happily climbing it's lush green vines all over a pussy willow tree. The vines extended way up the tree to the very top reaching towards the sky with flowers all along it at varied places. It smelled like heaven on earth and the insects seemed to agree.This little ant was the first visitor to stop by just seconds after I arrived. The passionflower has a very short life cycle only living a few short weeks. Just in the short while I photographed this beautiful flower there were hoards of bees and insects coming in to show their appreciation. I was curious this past weekend to check on it's progress.It was now one week later and I was curious to see what I would see if I stopped in again. All I could find was the lush green vine and two shriveled up flowers left all the rest had already died off in just a week. The "Passion" in "passion flower" refers to the passion of Jesus in Christian theology. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion:The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance.The tendrils represent the whips used in the flagellation of Christ.
The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (excluding St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. In Spain, it is known as espina de Cristo ("Christ's thorn"). Older Germanic names include Christus-Krone ("Christ's crown"), Christus-Strauss ("Christ's bouquet"), Dorn-Krone ("crown of thorns"), Jesus-Lijden ("Jesus' passion"), Marter ("passion") or Muttergottes-Stern ("Mother of God's star").

Outside the Christian heartland, the regularly shaped flowers have reminded people of the face of a clock. In Israel they are known as "clock-flower" (שעונית) and in Greece as "clock plant" (ρολογιά); in Japan too, they are known as tokeisō (時計草, "clock plant"). In Hawaiian, they are called lilikoʻi; lī is a string used for tying fabric together, such as a shoelace, and liko means "to spring forth leaves".

In India, blue passionflowers are called Krishnakamala in Karnataka and Maharashtra, while in Uttar Pradesh and generally north it is colloquially called "Paanch Paandav". The flower's structure lends itself to the interpretation along the lines of five Pandavas, the Divine Krishna at centre, and the opposing hundred at the edges. The colour blue is moreover associated with Krishna as colour of his aura.
The flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the crown of thorns.
The chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail
The 3 stigmas represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance).
The blue and white colors of many species' flowers represent Heaven and Purity.
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