Date
 
 : 15th Sep 2018
 
 
 Place
 
 : Flower from a Passiflora vine near CSMT railway station, Mumbai
 
 
 Description
 
 :
 
 Passiflora incarnata is also called Krishna Kamal (Black/ dark Lotus) in the local language Marathi. I studied the flower petals, ovaries and the pollen grains. It is surprising to note that the dark coloured pigment on closer observation actually are pinkish red in colour!

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 <img alt="Plasiflora flower" class="wp-image-171133 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171133" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171133" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535381184","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"40","shutter_speed":"0.0042735042735043","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Plasiflora flower" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171133" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/Plasiflora-flower.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora incarnata flower
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 <img alt="Pigment (1)" class="wp-image-171130 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171130" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171130" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535062257","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.058823529411765","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Pigment (1)" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171130" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/Pigment-1.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora petal
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 <img alt="Pigment 3 section" class="wp-image-171131 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171131" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171131" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535062128","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"1250","shutter_speed":"0.1","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Pigment 3 section" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171131" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/Pigment-3-section.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora petal
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 <img alt="Pigment present in petal 1" class="wp-image-171132 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171132" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171132" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535119971","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.03030303030303","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Pigment present in petal 1" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171132" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/Pigment-present-in-petal-1.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora petal: pigment bundle
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 <img alt="p1" class="wp-image-171129 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171129" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171129" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535062239","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="p1" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171129" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/p1.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora petal: individual pigmented cells
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 <img alt="Ovary 3" class="wp-image-171128 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171128" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171128" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535121297","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.03030303030303","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Ovary 3" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171128" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/Ovary-3.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora ovaries
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 <img alt="Ovaray 1" class="wp-image-171126 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171126" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171126" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535121396","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Ovaray 1" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171126" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/Ovaray-1.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora ovaries
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 <img alt="Ovaray 2" class="wp-image-171127 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171127" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171127" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535121310","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Ovaray 2" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171127" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/Ovaray-2.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora ovary
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 <img alt="O1" class="wp-image-171125 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171125" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171125" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535121310","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="O1" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171125" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/O1.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora ovary – zoomed
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 <img alt="Pollen grains" class="wp-image-171134 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="171134" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="171134" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"SM-C900F","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535120908","copyright":"","focal_length":"3.6","iso":"64","shutter_speed":"0.03030303030303","title":"","orientation":"1"}' data-image-title="Pollen grains" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=171134" data-recalc-dims="1" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_171124/Pollen-grains.jpg"/>
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 Passiflora pollen grains
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Passiflora incarnata

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