Talk:Passiflora caerulea

10 or 12 apostles? 5 wounds?
In the christian symbolism, why are 10 petals (sepals/petals) related to 12 apostles? That makes no sense. Similarly, there is a reference to 5 wounds. I'm familiar with two hand wounds and two feet wounds, where is the fifth? (sorry if I'm sounding ignorant here) Anthony Liekens 22:34, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

In reference to the 5 wounds hands feet and head (crown of thorns.)

Ref.

The name was given by the superstitious in former times, who saw in the five anthers a resemblance of the five wounds recieved by Christ when nailed to the cross. In the triple style are seen the three nails employed; one for each of the hands, the other for the feet. In the central receptacle one can detect the piller of the cross, and in the filaments is seen the representation of the crown of thorns on the head. The calyx was supposed to resemble the nimbus, or glory, with which the sacred head is regarded as being surrounded. [Friend, 1884: 192]

~In response to your confusion, 10 is the number of the faithful apostles, Judas and the apostle (Peter?) who denied Christ 3 times. And the 5 wounds are the hands, feet and the wound from the lance. There is a more indepth description under Passion Flower. The crown is represented by another feature of the flower. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.69.202.16 (talk) 16:57, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

File:Passiflora caerulea (makro close-up).jpg to appear as POTD soon
Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Passiflora caerulea (makro close-up).jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on August 15, 2018. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-08-15. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:01, 4 August 2018 (UTC)

Number of petals
"In Japan it is called 時計草 (Clock plant) due to having 12 petals" -- I note, with some concern, that there's no citation for that claim. More importantly, the flower has 10 petals, not 12. More accurately, 5 petals alternating with 5 sepals. "Five sepals and petals similar in appearance" is what it says in the description. Ten is also the number of petals in the images. Jusuwa (talk) 03:53, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Google's translation of the Japanese wikipedia article says, “The Japanese name Passionflower is derived from the characteristic flower that the pistil divided into three looks like the long hand, the short hand, and the second hand of the clock, and the petals are arranged in a circle and arranged radially to resemble a dial.” Jusuwa (talk) 03:58, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I've removed all the unsourced text relating to common names in other languages. Darorcilmir (talk) 08:46, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Goragojana 45.250.244.154 (talk) 16:44, 9 January 2024 (UTC)