#passionflowers

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Giant granadilla (Passiflora quadrangularis) illustrated by Peter Charles Henderson for Temple of Flora (1807) by Robert John Thornton.

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Passion flowers, Passiflora.

Hand-coloured lithograph taken from 'The Ladies' Flower Garden of Oranamental Greenhouse Plants' by Jane Loudon.

Published 1849.

Smithsonian Libraries

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tomodachi update!

ricky reciprocated connie's feelings and they're dating now! hurrah!

also talya and misha are living together. she's smitten with him, waiting for him to fall back.

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Which ship?

Nischa or Mischalia

Which ship?

Nisha

Mishalia

Voting ended onDec 14, 2024

Feel free to debate in the comments/reblogs!! Remember to keep it lighthearted!!

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🌻Favorite flower?

Humble thinks most flowers are pretty, although he has no gift for horticulture himself. If someone ever wanted to present him with his favourite flowers then bright red passionflowers would be the best choice. Not that he has ever mentioned his fondness for them.

These vibrant blooms thrive in the rich volcanic soil on the lower slopes in the north of Abalathia's Spine, especially in the valleys below Farreach. Whilst their petals burn brightly like the fires beneath the mountains, they are resilient enough to survive the harsh northern winters, enduring the frosts and snows to return unbowed in Spring. A gift of scarlet passionflowers would be a thoughtful gift for Humble, reminding him of both his homeland and the endurance of hope.

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I’m bored and want an excuse to ramble about headcanons, so please send requests

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Passionflowers and Hummingbirds by Martin Johnson Heade

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Flora and Sylva

This week we present illustrations from Flora de la Real Expedición Botánica del Nuevo Reino de Granada, a multivolume set of books based on the findings of José Celestino Mutis, a Spanish priest and botanist, who led a Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada from 1783-1808. Mutis covered 8000 sq kilometers of what is now modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. He systematically collected thousands of herbarium specimens and made numerous drawings and notes that were sent back to Spain, and are currently preserved in the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid.

In 1952, Colombia and Spain formed an international cultural agreement in which they proposed an editorial project to publish Mutis’ scientific findings. The publishing project is ongoing, and it is expected to exceed 60 volumes, which are organized by plant families. The images we are highlighting today are from Volume 27 on Passion flowers (Passifloraceae) and Begonias (Begoniaceae). The expedition resulted in thousands of botanical illustrations that were produced by many different artists. Many of the passionflower illustrations we are featuring today were done by Nicolas Cortez, Francisco Escobar Villarroel, and Francisco Javier Matis Mahecha.

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–Sarah, Special Collections Graduate Intern