Have you ever seen these? It's called a Passion Flower. I've never heard of it, but a customer who owns a greenhouse gave one to Rod today at the shop. She explained some of the symbolism of this flower, and i found more online...The 10 petals represent the 10 disciples (leaving out Judas and Peter)
The purple ring has 72 filaments, the number of thorns in Jesus' crown
The 3 pistils in the center are the number of nails (they look like nails)
The 5 stamens underneath the pistils, also in the center, represent the number of Jesus' wounds
The spots underneath the leaves are the 33 pieces of silver paid to Judas.
Maybe a little far fetched, but a beautiful flower none the less!
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