Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) • Oxley Nature Center • Tulsa, Oklahoma

Nikon D100 • Tamron 200mm-400mm • Kenko 20mm Extension Tube • Nikon SB 800 Flash

Photo by Randy C. Anderson

The first Spanish explorers in the new world were accompanied by scholar-priests. In the blossoms of these climbing

vimes they saw elaborate symbols of the passion of Christ – the three stigmas in the center represented nails, the five

stamens beneath them were Christ's wounds, the outer fringe was the crown of thorns, and the ten petal-like parts behind

the fringe were the apostles (not including Judas and Peter).

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