How to Get Your Name passionflower?
The story is that in the 16th century Roman Catholic priests took their name from this plant. It is said that some parts of the flower reminded them of the passion, suffering and death of Jesus Christ. Look carefully at the picture, and you might be able to follow his explanation. It is said that the flower of five petals and five sepals petallike represented the ten apostles who remained faithful to Christ in his suffering. (Excludes properly Judas, the traitor, and Peter, who denied Christ three times.) Even Christ saw the crown of thorns on the hairlike rays above the petals. The five stamens (male pollen producing structures) represented five wounds Christ means. The three styles, which rise above the ovary, in order buttonlike a stigma, but as a large head nails. They were supposed to represent the nails used in the execution of Jesus. The priests were not imagination!
When it was discovered this beautiful flower was growing in what we now call Latin America. Today it is cultivated in many parts of the world, including many botanical gardens. Its diameter varies from half inch to six inches [13 to 150 mm], and comes in a wide variety of colors.
There are approximately 400 species of passionflowers, which usually grow in warmer regions of the world. Some even give an edible fruit which can be slightly acidic or too sweet. This fruit can be used to make juice, jam, and even ice cream. The giant granadilla is like a gourd and may weigh up to seven or eight pounds [three and a half kilograms].
As can be seen, there is much more than a flower to the eye. And there are about 250,000 species of angiosperms, or flowering plants! There is now a subject of a passionate student of the flowers.
