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The flower above is a passion flower. It smells good. You can make jelly from the fruit. Turtles like it and certain butterflies lay their eggs on the undersides of its leaves since their caterpillars like to eat the vine. Nice plant.
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Beautiful flower. I'm glad you've got your priorities straight, post-surgery, taking time to smell the passion flowers. The world's problems will still be there tomorrow.[g]
Dear Darlene:
Thanks for your comment. My mother-in-law discovered passion flowers growing wild in the woods behind our home. Since then, we have encouraged them as much as we can. In good years, we tie the vines to a trellis to permit them to grab extra sunlight. But leaving them on the ground has one advantage. The local turtles seem to love the fruit.
Steve
I love these flowers. We called them "poppers" from the sound the fruit makes when you step on it. Of course, we were only kids, left to our own devices, looking for little excitement.
You can make a "little man" by pulling the middle part away from the flower part. that forms the hat. Then pinch off the other parts and leave two arms and legs. Or you can leave some of the other parts on, for an extra... oh, never mind. We had too much time on our hands, it seems.
This photo does bring back fond memories. It really is a beautiful flower.
Diane
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