Comments on: Walking With A Camera http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/08/02/walking-with-a-camera/ Thoughts and photos from an American living in Spain. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:21:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: erik http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/08/02/walking-with-a-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-956 erik Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:22:03 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/08/02/walking-with-a-camera/#comment-956 <i>Passiflora edulis</i>! Duh! Of course the Spanish conquistadors took one look at this "outer-space-looking" flower when they found it in America and it immediately reminded them of Jesus dying on the cross. That's where it gets <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_flower#The_name" rel="nofollow">its name</a>. "To a man with a hammer..." Good job, sgazzetti. You passed the quiz. ;-) Passiflora edulis! Duh!

Of course the Spanish conquistadors took one look at this “outer-space-looking” flower when they found it in America and it immediately reminded them of Jesus dying on the cross. That’s where it gets its name. “To a man with a hammer…”

Good job, sgazzetti. You passed the quiz. ;-)

]]> By: sgazzetti http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/08/02/walking-with-a-camera/comment-page-1/#comment-955 sgazzetti Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:40:26 +0000 http://www.erik-rasmussen.com/blog/2007/08/02/walking-with-a-camera/#comment-955 Those outer-space-looking flowers are passionflowers, and so the fruit produced by the plant is passion fruit, logically enough. And you thought passion fruit was just a J. Crew catalog color. Those outer-space-looking flowers are passionflowers, and so the fruit produced by the plant is passion fruit, logically enough. And you thought passion fruit was just a J. Crew catalog color.

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