It looks very similar to this one that I likewise discovered uneXpectedly. I learned via comments it's a passion flower ~ pretty name for an eXotic blossom, don't you think?
Passionflower! And I wish I could row them here. Well, actually I do grow a passionflower plant, but inside in a pot. Our winters are too cold in Ontario for them to survive outdoors.
Hi Dot,once more I only know the FrENCh name for it: it's called here "fruit de la passion "(which would mean "fruit of passion") or "Pomme-liane" (something like Apple-bind-weed).This last name is especially used in French territories in South Pacific, like in Tahiti, French polynesia...In those places, this plant is growing wild and gives some little fruits that seem like small apples, but growing on very long stems that are climbing on other trees, or on barriers..I hope it will help you to find the american name, Mary
I had this in OK. It grew on a back fence and I thought it was so pretty I tried and tried to get the silly thing to grow in a more promanate place. No luck. It would come back year after year in it's chosen spot only. I am glad you are back! Missed u.
Yes, they are known as Passion flowers here and they are quite amazing looking flowers. So unique. Before we learned the real name we called them Alien flowers because they look like something from another planet!
Hey Dot. The flower is a passion flower and then it becomes a May Pop. We have hundreds around here. Check it a little later and there will be an oval shaped green ball growing where the flower was. A may pop. They will pop when you step on them. Have a great day!
They do grow wild but are also sold in nurseries these days! There is also a red one! I have a red one! Search under Passion Flower for a lot of info on this plant!
I agree it's a Passion Flower, I had one that grew over a gateway, I can't remember why it's still not in the garden. The flowers are loverly.. Remember now... Frost killed it, a late frost one spring over a week and it died. When the flowers are just opening they remind me of Kiwi fruits cut in half..
WOW! What an interesting and beautiful flower! I didn't know its name either until I read some of the comments you received. A Passionflower! - I'm pretty sure we don't have them here. I'm glad you're back. :)
I've seen these before and they are so cool! I love them, they are so unusual. I didn't know what they were called either, but now thanks to your readers comments, I do! Thanks for publishing the pic so I could read your friends comments. :)
Very nice. I wish I could grow those here in northern Michigan, but I don't think they'd overwinter very well here. They are such a unique and lovely looking flower.
Dot, it is so beautiful...I remember finding one when I was playing in a neighbor's pasture when I was a kid and thought it the most beautiful flower I had ever seen. Took one to my mom and she told me it was a passion flower.
It is a passion flower and in the tropics after the flower you would get the fruit, passion fruit of course. Very tasty and a bit tangy. Named originally for the Passion of Christ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_flower Great shot. Cheers Callan
I see you have plenty of folks who recognized this as a Passion Flower. Here in Hawaii Passion Fruit is cooked and made into a "butter".
Passion Fruit Butter
1/4 cup fresh passion fruit juice 3/4 cup orange juice 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1/2 cup softened butter
1. Combine juices and sugar in a medium saucepan. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-high for about 10 to 15 minutes or until only 1/2 cup of the mixture remains. Remove from heat.
2. Slowly whisk butter in small amounts until all of the butter is incorporated.
Also known as 'maypops', the flowers and leaves can be brewed into a tea to aid sleep. The egg shaped fruits that appear later in summer are also edible, but very seedy.
I found this flower on one of my recent walks. I have no idea what it is but I thought it was rather unusual looking.
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Unusual is an understatement. When I first saw it, I had to think back to whether I had mushrooms with dinner!
It's good to laugh. Thanks Craver!
Wow... that is a quite unusual flower.. very nice, Dot.
It looks very similar to this one that I likewise discovered uneXpectedly. I learned via comments it's a passion flower ~ pretty name for an eXotic blossom, don't you think?
Forgot to say the most important thing: eXcellent piX! You are a very talented photographer, with an eye for beauty.
I don't know what it is Dot; but you captured the beauty and detail perfectly!
Wonderful image.
I'll just say again that I'm glad you're back - it's nice coming here.
Passionflower! And I wish I could row them here. Well, actually I do grow a passionflower plant, but inside in a pot. Our winters are too cold in Ontario for them to survive outdoors.
I love them. Nice photos, Dot!
Hi Dot,once more I only know the FrENCh name for it: it's called here "fruit de la passion "(which would mean "fruit of passion") or "Pomme-liane" (something like Apple-bind-weed).This last name is especially used in French territories in South Pacific, like in Tahiti, French polynesia...In those places, this plant is growing wild and gives some little fruits that seem like small apples, but growing on very long stems that are climbing on other trees, or on barriers..I hope it will help you to find the american name,
Mary
Wow, this really is wild! The flower is like nothing I've ever seen.
Fabulous wildflower!!
It's not what you take Dot, it's your artistic eye that tells you how to display it. I would have to say, "stunning" might be a good descriptor. Pappy
That is the most beautiful flower
I had this in OK. It grew on a back fence and I thought it was so pretty I tried and tried to get the silly thing to grow in a more promanate place. No luck. It would come back year after year in it's chosen spot only.
I am glad you are back! Missed u.
Yes, they are known as Passion flowers here and they are quite amazing looking flowers. So unique. Before we learned the real name we called them Alien flowers because they look like something from another planet!
It is unusual but pretty. I've never see anything like it.
Hey Dot. The flower is a passion flower and then it becomes a May Pop. We have hundreds around here.
Check it a little later and there will be an oval shaped green ball growing where the flower was. A may pop. They will pop when you step on them.
Have a great day!
It's a Passion Flower!
They do grow wild but are also sold in nurseries these days! There is also a red one! I have a red one!
Search under Passion Flower for a lot of info on this plant!
Junie
Dot: Wonderful capture, great symmetry in the design that certainly doesn't seem random. The hand of God in the flower perfectly captured.
I agree it's a Passion Flower, I had one that grew over a gateway, I can't remember why it's still not in the garden. The flowers are loverly.. Remember now... Frost killed it, a late frost one spring over a week and it died. When the flowers are just opening they remind me of Kiwi fruits cut in half..
WOW! What an interesting and beautiful flower! I didn't know its name either until I read some of the comments you received. A Passionflower! - I'm pretty sure we don't have them here. I'm glad you're back. :)
Wow, I'll say that;s unusual!! I've never seen anything like it.
It's beautiful though and a great closeup.
It looks like a passionflower... beautiful shots! found you through Rocky Mountain Retreat...
I am not sure what is better the quality of the photos OR the amazing flower ...
:-Daryl
It's a purple passion flower.
I have never seen a flower like that...very neat and great shot!
~Kelli
I've seen these before and they are so cool! I love them, they are so unusual. I didn't know what they were called either, but now thanks to your readers comments, I do! Thanks for publishing the pic so I could read your friends comments. :)
I would say it's the flower that later will give you passion fruit.
Beautiful, just beautiful.
Very nice. I wish I could grow those here in northern Michigan, but I don't think they'd overwinter very well here. They are such a unique and lovely looking flower.
I have never seen anything as unique as that. You have got quite the luck and must have wonderful walks.
Isn't it great that so many people knew what this flower is? I had no idea. It looks like a sci-fi artist had drawn it.
Very pretty!!!
I've never seen that one before.
Dot, it is so beautiful...I remember finding one when I was playing in a neighbor's pasture when I was a kid and thought it the most beautiful flower I had ever seen. Took one to my mom and she told me it was a passion flower.
That is the coolest, strangest looking flower I have ever seen! Hmmm...wonder what it is...
It is a passion flower and in the tropics after the flower you would get the fruit, passion fruit of course. Very tasty and a bit tangy. Named originally for the Passion of Christ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_flower Great shot.
Cheers
Callan
BRILLIANT is the word that comes to mind on this one.
What a wacky but pretty flower :) You take some cool walks my friend!
I see you have plenty of folks who recognized this as a Passion Flower. Here in Hawaii Passion Fruit is cooked and made into a "butter".
Passion Fruit Butter
1/4 cup fresh passion fruit juice
3/4 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
1/2 cup softened butter
1. Combine juices and sugar in a medium saucepan. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat to medium-high for about 10 to 15 minutes or until only 1/2 cup of the mixture remains. Remove from heat.
2. Slowly whisk butter in small amounts until all of the butter is incorporated.
Makes about 1 yummilicious cup.
Also known as 'maypops', the flowers and leaves can be brewed into a tea to aid sleep. The egg shaped fruits that appear later in summer are also edible, but very seedy.
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