To me this plant does not look like Passiflora caerulea in which leaves are usually 5-lobed (number of lobes if taxonomic character in this genus) and stipules large and reniform (linear here). This could be P. incarnata but not typical one in which petals are not ornamented, it is perhaps a cultivar of it. I have both from California and would upload them soon.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Dr Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > Its hard to make out the species of this plant. To me it looks like > Passiflora caerulea. > Neelkamal or KrishnaKamal is actually not passion flower as per my > knowledge, it should be some blue water lilly as per logic. > Pankaj > > > On Aug 14, 11:01 am, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Till today I was under the impression that Passion flower is only of blue > > colour as I had seen only blue passion flower. But today I learned to my > > surprise that it is also whitish and red in colour. I have always > wondered > > why does the same flower have different colours other eg. like Hibiscus, > > Rose Any explanation? > > > > I also want to share some interesting info I came across about Krishna > > kamal/ Passion flower > > > > So, long story behind the name Krishna Kamal. There are (apparently) a > 100 > > of those blue petals - one for each of the Kauravas, and 5 of the green > ones > > in the centre - one for each of the Pandavas. The green bulb in the > centre > > symbolises the Pandava queen Draupadi, and the three filaments are for > the > > holy trinity of Brahma-Vishnu-Shiv. AND the white radial in the centre is > > the Sudarshan chakra of Lord Krishna. > > > > Bhagyashri > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Mahadeswara <swamy.c...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Beautiful photographs. > > > > > On Aug 13, 3:45 pm, Madhuri Raut <itii...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear all, > > > > I would like to share the pictures of Passion flower creeper in my > garden > > > > > > Date 13/08/2011 time 4.00pm > > > > Location District Pune ;State :Maharashtra > > > > > > Habitat- Garden > > > > > > Plant Habit- Climber > > > > > > Flowers Size/ Colour/ Calyx/ Bracts-beautiful purple flowers > > > > > > Other Information like Fragrance Wonderful sweet fragrance > > > > > > Regards > > > > Bhagyashri > > > > > > k3.jpg > > > > 596KViewDownload > > > > > > k1.jpg > > > > 509KViewDownload > > > > > > k2.jpg > > > > 478KViewDownload >
