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June 30th, 2009 · 9 Comments

Can anybody tell me the name of this flower ?

Below is full view.

Update:- This is Passion Flower. Two layered petals with exotic colours and strong passionate fragrance.

Filed Under: Close-up · Colours · Flora · Nature · Purple

9 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Hershey desai // Jun 30, 2009 at 7:28 pm

    Oh, this is a passion flower… its one of those odd funny exotic flowers

  • 2 Hershey desai // Jun 30, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passionflower

    if you are interested to know more about it.
    Where did you find it? So lucky to be able to photograph this one…

  • 3 Ripudaman // Jun 30, 2009 at 10:25 pm

    Looks very much like a passion fruit flower. But I guess its not.
    Here is a picture of passion fruit though… http://lh3.ggpht.com/_FXtd41vg8_E/SkpDTTsvtbI/AAAAAAAAIFk/TsBsAraXPw0/s800/DSC05956.JPG

  • 4 Abhi // Jun 30, 2009 at 10:46 pm

    Its called ‘कृष्ण कमळ’ in Marathi.. I am not sure what its called in English…. Water Lily I guess

  • 5 Kashmira // Jun 30, 2009 at 11:41 pm

    Saw it in the nursery the other day…they called it the passionflower

  • 6 Cuckoo // Jul 1, 2009 at 12:00 am

    All,
    Thanks everybody. Looks like it indeed is passion flower. I had never seen this interesting flower before. As you can see it has two layers of petals.

    Now I guess I need to change the title of this post. :)

    Harshal,
    I found it in a park in Bangalore and though I don’t pluck flowers, this one lured me to do so. :P

    Abhi,
    No, it’s not Water Lily.

  • 7 Ripudaman // Jul 1, 2009 at 1:51 am

    Its is called Krishna Kamal in hindi.
    Its said that the 100 blue petals represent the 100 Kauravs. The 5 big petals inside represent the 5 Pandavas and the big Stigma in the center represent Krishna. (As per the gardener who showed me the passion fruit)

  • 8 Chandan // Jul 1, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    Common name: Maypop, Purple passion flower, Apricot vine • Hindi: झुमका लता Jhumkalata ৰাধিকা• Manipuri: নাচোম Radhika nachom • Bengali: Jhumkalata
    Botanical name: Passiflora incarnata Family: Passifloraceae (passion flower family)

    Purple passion flower is a fast growing perennial vine that employs tendrils to grab hold of adjacent shrubs, structure and other supports to lift itself to heights of 8-12 ft The large serrated leaves grow 5-6 in wide by 6 to 8 in long. They typically have three to five lobes and are arranged alternately on the stem with flowers and branches emerging from the axil. All of the passion flowers have beautifully complex blossoms and Purple passion flower is no exception. These have 2-3 in diameters and are composed of 10 white tepals arranged in a shallow bowl shape above which is arranged fringe of purple and white filaments, called the corona. In the center is the white fleshy stigma surrounded by five stamens. Purple passion flower is native to southeastern United States. Passionflower was first “discovered” in Peru by a Spanish doctor named Monardes in 1569 who documented the indigenous uses and took it back to the Old World where it quickly became a favorite calming and sedative herb tea.

    Link:http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Purple%20Passion%20Flower.html

  • 9 Tarun Chandel, Photoblogger // Jul 14, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    I have seen this flower at Hanging Gardens in Mumbai. Where did you take this picture?

    - Tarun Chandel

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