Passion Flower Photos
Monday, December 27, 2010
Tendril in the Rain
The excessive ran we've had in California for the last week and a half has caused no end of problems. (Yeah, I know, if you're in the north east under three feet of snow, you probably can't feel much pity.) On the plus side the rain gives many interesting options for beautiful photos.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Passion Flower
I was looking back through some older photos to get the botanic name for this beauty and I noticed something interesting. The first flower from this vine on the site is a lot more purple. I can only assume that is from the shady cool conditions we try to keep in the back yard. I'm sure he was in bright sunlight in the nursery and probably got just the right nutrients to bring out those beautiful colors. But I think I like the variegated look even more! And since I regularly have to untangle this guy from all of the other plants in the back yard I think he is pretty happy with the arrangement too.
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Honey Bee on the Horizon
We are always looking for more butterfly food. Our passion flowers are their favorites. After I was already working on framing this shot the bee buzzed in. I love it when that happens. She did not stay around long but it was a really nice addition to the photo!
Monday, August 25, 2008
Passion Tower
This was right down the aisle from my bee friend from yesterday. I took more pictures at the Nursery than anywhere the rest of the trip. My wife says this one looks like a cell phone tower, and I have to agree. Only a little prettier.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Blooming Passon
Having more fun in the back yard. This is a great vine, it has come back from the brink with a vengeance. We should have lots of butterfly habitat this fall. :-D
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Passion Vine
Another view on my Passion Flower vine from
a few days ago.
We did not get any more rain as promised.
So no more rain photos yet, perhaps later this week!
I'm sure the Basset will sniff out some beautiful
subjects for me this weekend anyway.
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Drops of Passion
Well yesterday was a really gray rainy day.
It was starting to bug me. Then I took
my camera into the back yard. Rain
can be a wonderful thing for a photographer!
Recently, our Passion Flower vines
made an incredible come back. We originally
got them to attract butterflies and they
were almost wiped out by their own success!
The resulting caterpillars LOVED them.
This is an extreme close-up of one of the tendrils
the vine sends out to climb things. It seems to have an amazing grip!
Monday, February 6, 2006
Monterey Passion Flower
This is a beautiful hedge along a street in Monterey. I have taken pictures of it on more than one occasion. There are a wide variety of Passion Flowers, most of them are like something from another world! We have a quite different variety growing in our back yard.
Friday, July 22, 2005
Passion Vine
This is from one of the vines in my back yard. I really like the little tendrils this vine puts out to climb on things. You would think nothing could stop it. Of course, the butterflies that we got this to attract have almost done it in. When it comes back it comes back with a vengeance but I think I am going to have to get it some friends before the next invasion of butterflies.
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Passion Flower
Yet another flower photo from a walk in Monterey.
I love Passion Flowers, have a couple of them in my backyard,
but until last night I had no
idea there were so
many varieties.
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Henks Passifloria Site
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Henk's Passifloria Hybrids
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Sunday, April 10, 2005
Floral Fireworks
Another beauty in my backyard.
Last fall we noticed quite a few butterflies
in our back yard. We decided to look for something
that they would like to eat. I grabbed a couple of these
Passion Flower (AKA Maypop & Apricot Vine)
vines in the store because I have always loved them.
After some research we also tried another flowering vine.
A few days after getting the vines settled in, one of our visitors
returned and sat right on the Passion Flower vine. Apparently I
am not the only one who likes them. Of course, they probably
were not admiring the blossoms, they must taste pretty good too.
(Butterflies taste and smell with their feet.)
Before long, the small vines were so covered in butterfly
larvae they almost didn't make it (they must taste really good).
We were able to watch them
build cocoons but we did not catch any of them leaving.
Happily, spring is here and one of the vines is covered in buds
and we have already seen one early beautiful blossom. The other
is still recovering from it's fall job as a butterfly drive thru,
(errr... fly thru?) But it looks like it will make it.
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