Anyone know what this beauty is? Adam and I found this on a walk out at my parents' house. Stunning! 
9.14.2008
Another flower mystery
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5 comments:
How sweet that you and Adam found this flower while together...it's a Passion flower! It's scientific name is Passiflora incarnada. It can be used as a medicinal for anxiety disorder. It is also called a Maypop, water lemon or wild apricot (after its fruit). In Tennessee it's called Ocoee; the Ocoee River is named after it. In Hawaii, it's called lilikoi. Once there was a soft drink named Purple Passion that was made from the fruit.
Just a little trivia for the morning. I'm up early; actually, way too early!!
AJ
Whoa. Have you seen the 70's version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers? I'd avoid that flower from here on out.
- Eric
Wull, I dunno fer sho, but...Looks ta me ta be one a dem der purdy lil paper umbrellas ya git in yer mint julep, pinya colahder, or takillya sunrise, yoo no, one a dem tootyfrooty drinks...Duhdenet?
~Uncle Booger
That is without a doubt the most effed up flower I have ever seen. Looks like somebody took a 80s-style crimper to it! Fo real! I think Eric is right, this might steal your soul if you're not careful: beware!!
Yeah -- actually passiflora incarnata -- this plant is great medicine for an ex-cop with really frazzled nerves...or maybe for an ex-ambulance driver... The medicine of this plant is intense. I believe this varietal also produces a fruit the size of an egg -- citrus and bitter and great with banana in some yoghurt! It is packed with Vitamin C. The natives used this for medicine. It is found in the SE of the US, Central America, South America, and SE Asia. There are hundreds of varietals and a few passionflower societies dedicated to creating even more hybrids. Like orchid and rose people -- these folks are intense! I might just become one of them b/c I have it tattooed on my body already!
Thanks for this beautiful image. And, thanks for letting me know that you actually found it in the wild in MS. Maybe I'll see one next time I am home.
Peace mama,
Lindsay
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