Passion Flowers
On a couple of recent trips to Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland, I was able to photograph some passion flowers. Both types I’ve seen have very large petals, with prominent stamens and styles.
The first one was photographed in July near the Butterfly garden. I believe it is an Incense Passion flower which is hybrid of two other types of passion flowers – Passiflora incarnata and Passiflora cinnicata.
Passion Flower (c) 2008 Patty Hankins
The second passion flower is a Ruby Glow Passion Flower. It is a variety of the Passiflora Alata and is located in the fragrance garden at Brookside.
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
(c) 2008 Patty Hankins
I’ve noticed signs for other types of Passion Flowers at Brookside Gardens and at some of the other local public gardens. I’m definitely keeping an eye out for more of these amazing flowers.