| Silky Passion Flower |
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| File size | 557180 |
| Original date | 4/16/17 11:42 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 4.225mm |
| Exposure time | 1/454s |
| Aperture | 2.0 |
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| Metering Mode | Center weighted average |
| Camera make | Xiaomi |
| Camera model | Redmi 3S |
| Sensor type | OneChipColorArea |
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Botanical name: Passiflora holosericea Family: Passifloraceae (Passion flower family)
Synonyms: Passiflora tuxtlensis, Passiflora reticulata, Decaloba holosericea
Synonyms: Passiflora tuxtlensis, Passiflora reticulata, Decaloba holosericea
Silky Passion Flower is a climber which blooms with
beautiful fragrant white flowers with a yellow and reddish brown heart,
all summer long. It is covered with soft hairs all over the plant. The
stem is nearly round in cross-section, 6-9 m long. Flower-cluster-stalk
is 1-3 cm long, with 2 stipules and glands. Leaves are trilobed,
shallowly indented, 4.5-16.5 cm long and 3-14 cm wide. Leaf-stalks
stand in pairs, 0.5-3 cm long, with 1-3 flowers each. The bract is
oblong, up to 1 cm long. The flower is white with a yellow and dark red
to brown corona, 3.5-4.5 cm in diameter. The flowers give off a sweet
smell. Fruit is nearly spherical, 1.5-3 cm in diameter. Seeds are 0.5 x
0.3 cm in size. Silky Passion Flower is native to Central and South
America, cultivated as a garden plant in India.
| Identification credit: Maniruddin Dhabak | Photographed in Delhi & Thane , Mumbai. |
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