The Passion Flower with its various parts is seen as a symbols of Jesus' scourging, crowning with thorns and crucifixion. This flower, a genus with numerous species, indigenous to the tropical ...

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Passiflora incarnata, or passion flower, was so named by 16th century Spanish explorers who thought the flower’s petals and sepals resembled Jesus Christ’s crown of thorns. There are about 500 species ...

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Imagine a plant so calming that it's earned the nickname "dream plant." With beautiful, intricate flowers, passion flowers have attracted the attention of those looking for a natural way to unwind.

Passion is a curious concept. It combines intensity and desire, in its purest sense, to create an obsessive need. There is, figuratively and literally, a fine and not always obvious line between ...