The gig's up. The mystery's solved. The Flickr Pix of the Week was Passiflora 'Incense'.

Context Explanation

One of this hybrid's parents is commonly known as Maypop, and just about everything I know about the plant -- ... Passiflora, known also as the passion flowers or passion vines, is a genus of about 550 species of flowering plants, and the type genus of the family Passifloraceae. Passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) is a climbing vine with white and purple flowers. The chemicals in passion flower have calming effects.

Insight Material

Passion flower is native to the southeastern United... Passionflowers (Passiflora spp.), also called passion flowers, are typically easy-to-grow vines that climb on fences, trellises, or arbors. The unusual-looking passionflower has long teardrop-shaped leaves and a wide petal base with five or 10 petals in a flat or reflexed circle that vary in colors from purple, pink, green, and more. Passiflora spp. Passionflower is arguably one of the most unique specimens of flora on the planet.

Final Conclusion

Blooms of this vine are flamboyant and complicated, with a large crown of corona filaments reaching from the stamen that make identification easy. Passiflora caerulea is a large, twining, semi-evergreen climber known for its dramatic, star-shaped flowers and vigorous growth. Stems carry palmately lobed leaves with 5 to 7 fingers, giving the vine a tropical, lacy texture even when it is not in bloom. The Passiflora plant genus, belonging to the Passifloraceae family, encompasses a wide variety of perennial and annual vines, known as passion flowers or passion vines. passion flower, (genus Passiflora), genus of more than 500 species of mostly tendril-bearing vines in the family Passifloraceae and their characteristic flowers.