The plants were named for the passion of Christ, because the flower structure seemed symbolic of Jesus' scourging, crowning with thorns, and crucifixion.
The Mexican Augustinian friar Emmanuel de Villegas sketched the plant (P. caerulea) in 1610, and first mentioned the 'sacred meaning'.
The ten petals represent the ten 'good' apostles (minus Judas and Peter), the 72 filaments correlated with the number of thorns in Jesus' crown, the five stamina stand for the five stigmata, and the three flower stigmata represent the crucifixion nails.
In addition, the outer parts of the flower resemble a halo.
Well that is part of that it means but i couldn't get the rest of it.
posted by amanda @ 5:52 PM
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cool
COOOOOLLLL!!!!:):):)
Awesome dude!
don't call me dude,i hate that word.
ok!
thanks!:O
Why do you hate the word Dude?
just because i guess,well i guess i don't hate it but i don't want to be called a dude that's it.
fine with me.:)
cool.
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