Passion Flower (aka Clock Flower)

I don't know the scentific or English name of this flower. In Persian we call this "Gol-e Sa'at" which word by word means "Clock Flower".
(The apartment garden)

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Hamed Saber says:

This shot is also taken from this plant:

Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Otmar Smit says:

Very nice macro shot and a interesting flower too, well done. 1-2-3
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

ALLIZ in Wonderland [deleted] says:

STUNNING PIC , as usual. gorgeous flower
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Kathy33 [deleted] says:

I think it's called a Passion Flower...could be wrong though...anyways beautiful shot :)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Henry407 ( HL ) says:

This flower is really beautiful. I don't see this in Singapore. Well taken shot.
:D from Traveller's World :D
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

kennedys_sand says:

wonderful
great photo
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Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

silyld says:

what an amazing flower and a such a great photo of it too :-)

(1-2-3 Nature)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Martin_Heigan says:

Nice shot!

Martin
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Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

CurveTo says:

complicated!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Arash Behshadpoor says:

Nice :D
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

lingoantro says:

This excentric beaty has name Passiflora caerulea.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Hooman Mesgary says:

WoWoW...
Is it real? ;)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Merly Sunflower On and Off says:

Wow, six layers of beauty! Never seen anything like it, Great shot Hamed!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

liceu~eugenio says:

I haven't ever seen anything like this!
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

J Gilbert says:

In English the common name is Passion Flower. It's quite amazing. Well shot.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Brunna Peretti says:

Perfect and gorgeous!!!!!!!!
love it!
;-)
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

doyaknow says:

very nice shot, beautiful flower, thanks
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

ddk4runner says:

Not only an extremely interesting flower but great macro shot !
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

AbdolhosseiN says:

. شاداب و زیبا
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Kate Ferrara says:

some crazy shaped flower
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Saaeed says:

very interesting!
please inform me how can i take that in tehran?
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

Thanks everybody for your kindness.
@Hooman: Yes, of course it's real! Come and see it :)
@Saaeed: Most of flowerage in northern part of Tehran have it. Ask for "Gol'e Sa'at"
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Hooman Mesgary says:

@Hamed: When?
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

nyomee wallen says:

Totally classical various.
Posted 43 months ago. ( permalink )

Horsman says:

You truely do have some wonderful nature in your part of the world. Great shot.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

narges_kh says:

Wow! What a color!!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

jasperroz says:

Fantastic. I have never seen a flower like this.
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

emmy75 says:

Freaky! I don't think we have flowers like this in Canada...gorgeous!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

ali aghaye gol/Abdolali Esmaeili says:

agha be bakhshid saat chande???
rastii isfehan khosh gozasht bedooneh ma??? ;)
az akse farhang fahmidam ke hesabi keif kardin jaye man hesabi khali bood na??? :)
enshalah ke hamisheh khosh bashid
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

Thanks everyone :)

@ali_aghaye_gol: sologhon bala kande ;) جاي شما خيلي خالي بود

@Horsman: Yes. I wish I could show you and all Flickr members some of my homeland beauties.

@Hooman: Tonight!
Posted 42 months ago. ( permalink )

Tahereh! says:

Absolutely gorgeous
Posted 41 months ago. ( permalink )

sofchiang says:

Am loving this picture, and the Tendril, both very nice! Am going to use it as inspiration for my AS Art project! Was this taken with a SLR or a digital camera?
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

@sofchiang:
As you can simply see here, this photo is taken with an amateur point & shoot digital camera (a Sony Cybershot).
BTW, thanks for your kindness :)
Posted 40 months ago. ( permalink )

dreaman59 says:

a beauty !!! never seen anything like that one before.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Alo Pacifico says:

Aqui no Brasil temos uma fruta chamada Maracujá com a flor muito parecida a essa.
Parabéns.
Posted 37 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

Again from the same plant:

Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Bibimorvarid says:

This is passion flower, just to confirm..... sa'at, interesting, never new the Persian name. Thanks
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

Beckywithasmile says:

I love the vibrant colors.
Posted 36 months ago. ( permalink )

sefardita says:

esta flor de la pasion es casi mejor que la natural
Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

-Teddy says:

Beautiful flower.

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Posted 35 months ago. ( permalink )

wickedirish says:

Simply amazing capature. Gorgeous colors and clarity. Well done!

The World Through My Eyes
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

shuttering [deleted] says:

whoa, thats a crazy flower! nice capture (from the 1-2-3 group)
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

Thanks everybody
Posted 34 months ago. ( permalink )

Princess Kitteh* says:

beautiful !!!!~I SNIFFED out this wonderful image!
You deserve this nose worthy award!
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Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

Gnaldar says:

beautiful.

Where can I buy seeds?
Posted 32 months ago. ( permalink )

joespix says:

Lovely!
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

Alfredo11 says:

gorgeous!!!!!!!!!.......The World Through My Eyes
Posted 30 months ago. ( permalink )

omphale44 says:

Stuning exotic flower beautifully composed.
The World Through My Eyes
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

berichard1946 says:

Your picture is here:
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflore
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

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Beautiful Capture !!!

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Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

raulwakko says:

Hi.
This is the best Passiflora caerulea picture I've ever seen.
I'm currently using it for my blog: medioambientemexico.blogspot.com

If you disagree with it, just let me now and I'll remove it.

Thanks a lot.

Raul
raulwakko@yahoo.com
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

@raulwakko: My photos are free for use, even for commercial purposes. I'm pleased that this photo helped your weblog
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Plínio Pierry says:

Well Hamed Saber, follows some information about this flower.

Classification scientific
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Genus: Passiflora
Species: P. edulis
Binomial name: Passiflora edulis
Popular Name: Passion Fruit (Maracujá in Brazil)

Passiflora edulis or passion fruit is cultivated commercially for its fruit in northwestern South America, India, the Caribbean, Brazil, southern Florida, Hawaii, Australia, East Africa, Israel and South Africa (where it is known as a grenadilla or granadilla). The passion fruit is round to oval, yellow or dark purple at maturity, with a soft to firm, juicy interior filled with numerous seeds. The fruit can be grown to eat or for its juice, which is often added to other fruit juices to enhance aroma.

The two types of passion fruit have greatly different exterior appearances. The bright yellow variety of passion fruit, which is also known as the Golden Passionfruit, can grow up to the size of a grapefruit, has a smooth, glossy, light and airy rind, and has been used as a rootstock for the purple passion fruit in Australia. The dark purple passion fruit (for example, in Kenya) is smaller than a lemon, with a dry, wrinkled rind at maturity.

The purple varieties of the fruit reportedly have traces of cyanogenic glycosides in the skin, and hence are mildly poisonous. However, the thick, hard skin is hardly edible, and if boiled (to make jam), the cyanide molecules are destroyed at high temperatures.

Sorry for the long text.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

@Plínio Pierry: Wow! Such a complete info. Thanks a lot man!
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

raffikojian says:

Here's that info with some additional pictures, including the crazy fruit! You might want to go back for another shot! :-)

www.plants.am/wiki/Passiflora_caerulea
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

Thanks raffikojian! I didn't see the fruit at all. I think it doesn't make fruits in our climate!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

MissDress :)) [deleted] says:

very nice shots!!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

blamphoto says:

What the hell?! That flower is crazy!!! Awesome shot and thanks for sharing!!!
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

conejo aureo says:

wowww amazing!
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Cowgirls~Don't mess with 'em says:

There are purple ones also.
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Hamed Saber says:

@Cowgirls~Don't mess with 'em: Wow I didn't know that! Can you send me a photo?
Posted 19 months ago. ( permalink )

Simon says:

We loved this image so much we used it to illustrate an article about an open garden day on the Isle of Wight .

Love VentnorBlog
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

lucymac says:

"Thank you for sharing this photo. I've used it, with credit and a link, to illustrate a quote at In Spirit Quotes.
Posted 15 months ago. ( permalink )

Lily Greenwood says:

wow, good shot!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

inthegarden says:

the blue in this flower is amazing!
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Muismannetje says:

Awesome
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

jamescapp02 says:

Beautiful shot. We used it in our promo video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0LastDm8Jw

I hope you like. Cheers.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

♥siebe © says:

W o n d e r f u l !
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Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

nighthawk327 says:

Wow I don't think I'd ever seen the actual flower of this plant before, this is amazing! Beautiful shot. :)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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Passion Flower (aka Clock Flower)

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