Red Passion Flower
by Penny Lisowski
Title
Red Passion Flower
Artist
Penny Lisowski
Medium
Photograph - Color Photographs
Description
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Captured this beautiful Red Passion flower in SanDiego California. The scientific name is Passiflora coccinea. It is a vine that attracts butterflies and hummingbirds. I used a very selective focus. It looks 3D to me. Red Passion Flower is an evergreen, flowering vine from
South America that climbs by tendrils (Fig. 1). Its height and
spread varies depending on the structure it climbs on. The
flower of Passiflora coccinea is a spectacular scarlet to deep
orange color and generally reaches a width of 3 to 5 inches.
Each unique flower lasts about one day appearing in the
summer and early fall. They fill the plant making Passion Vine
a fine flowering plant for central and south Florida. The
evergreen leaves are obovate in shape and have doubly serrate
margins. Fruits of Red Passion Flower are ovoid, orange or
yellow in color, and are mottled green. They are attractive and
edible and attain a diameter of 2 to 3 inches.
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July 11th, 2013
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