tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963106206946364171.post1859916570425007205..comments2023-07-07T11:50:14.898-04:00Comments on Blessed with olive plants around my table: Great lengths for floral appreciation!Beckyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03887849265312489925noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963106206946364171.post-38896281341288812642007-07-26T11:00:00.000-04:002007-07-26T11:00:00.000-04:00Thank you Mamabeck for that wonderful info. The fa...Thank you Mamabeck for that wonderful info. <BR/>The fact that's not a weed made me feel a lot better, but to read of the symbolism of crucifixion just blew me away and made me love it all the more. Hurray for Passion flowers!!! : )Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03887849265312489925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963106206946364171.post-14456102309243828602007-07-25T23:39:00.000-04:002007-07-25T23:39:00.000-04:00LOL! Clean out the fridge indeed. Teen boys. I'm...LOL! Clean out the fridge indeed. Teen boys. I'm scared I won't be able to afford my grocery bill, lol.<BR/><BR/>I've never seen a passion flower. That is soooo beautiful. If you go to google images and search for them, there are some incredible photos.<BR/><BR/>I used to have a columbine plant in my yard and was in awe of the flowers that bloomed on it. They looked like this;<BR/>http://www.studiolo.org/WPS/PR/images/WPS-Reilly_A_Columbine%2013.jpg<BR/><BR/>And it sooo intrigued me that the white petals had the purple "tails" on them. But this passion flower is even MORE beautiful.<BR/>Blessings,<BR/>~toni~Tonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318409820949377086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963106206946364171.post-91592790609257548412007-07-24T14:37:00.000-04:002007-07-24T14:37:00.000-04:00...you've just taken a photo of a Passion flower. ......you've just taken a photo of a Passion flower. Wikipedia says (at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_flower): <BR/><BR/>"Passion" does not refer to love, but to 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 as symbols of Crucifixion. For example: the 72 radial filaments (or corona) represent the Crown of Thorns. The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles. The top 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the lower 5 anthers represent the 5 wounds. 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). In Germany it was once known as Muttergottes-Schuzchen (Mother-of-God's Star).<BR/><BR/>It's one amazing flower, to say the least! ;)<BR/>bmamabeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06990326185633909582noreply@blogger.com