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1 Palomino -
6 Eastern Box Turtle -
1 Barbados blackbelly sheep -
6 Kalanchoe blossfeldiana -
5 Nigerian dwarf goat -
3 American LaMancha goat -
2 Diamond Botanical Gardens and Waterfall -
2 Ano Nuevo Point, California -
4 Pride of Madeira -
2 Camellia -
1 Audubon Swamp Garden -
1 Audubon Swamp Garden Charleston South Carolina -
1 Duckweed -
3 Giant Banana Spider -
![Passion flower "The "Passion" in "passion flower" refers to the passion of Jesus in Christian theology. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion:[citation needed]".
The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance.
The 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). Geotagged,Passiflora coccinea,United States](https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/1780/23476_small.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1596672010&Signature=qs4cICDBwZ%2FY%2Bii9O1KCBS%2B%2Bv24%3D)
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1 Dendrobium in My Orchid Garden
Lilygirl
I am a nurse by profession and an animal and plant lover by heart. Photography and my back yard flowers are my hobbies. Travel, is also one of my loves.
I am so excited about finding this website as a means to interact with others who have similar interests, and to be able to learn more about those things that interest me.
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