Attractive bloom of single blue common passion flower Passiflora caerulea
Used as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion - the pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance -t he tendrils represent the whips used in the flagellation of Christ - the ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (excluding St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer) - the flower's radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the crown of thorns - the chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail - the 3 stigmas represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance) - the blue and white colors of many species' flowers represent Heaven and Purity
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