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I am in love with Passion Flowers! The red ones are astounding. But today this rosy purple one, highlighted by the morning sun, called out to me and my lens. Vibrating, radiant. Detailed! Yesterday it was purple but 24 hours later it has matured into these lovely rosy purple tones. Notice the changes in color on the purple linear petals... from dark purple inside to white and deep blue. And the way you can see through them to the pink purple petals below!The shape of the pistils is other-worldly! Purple, white and green spots cover the creature-like stamens. Yellow-green pollen hangs ready for attracted visiting bees. Purple the first day and rosy purple the second.The Jesuit priests who saw natives of the New World eating Passion fruit took it as a sign that they were hungry for Christianity. In the red species, the color symbolized the blood he shed on the cross, the 5 stamens the wounds, the 3 styles the 3 nails, the vine tendrils the ropes and scourges, the 3 secondary leaf bracts the Holy Trinity.In the blue/purple species, white symbolized the purity and blue, the heaven above. The flower is usually open for 3 days representing the 3 years of Christ's ministry on Earth.