Passiflora Caerulea

by Caitlyn Grasso

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Passiflora Caerulea

Artist

Caitlyn Grasso

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Photograph - Photograph

Description

Passiflora Caerulea, or blue passion flower, is named after the passion of Christ. The 15th century Spanish used the flower's parts as symbols of Jesus's last days. The following descriptive list is from Wikipedia:

- 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'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 represent Heaven and Purity.

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June 6th, 2013

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