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Passionflower Bee (Protandrena passiflorae) pollinating Passiflora lutea (also called Yellow Passionflower, Yellow Passion Vine, Yellow Passion-flower) in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on June 27, 2024

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: rsok.com/~jrm/2024Jun30_birds_

inaturalist.org/observations/2

It's a shame that the fruits of the passion flower that's growing in one neighbour's garden over our wall, and which we're guiding along it now, apparently taste pretty awful and aren't recommended. We like the look of the plant as a whole and have bought some of our own to plant along the opposite wall where it will hopefully use the bamboo screening as a base to clamber up and further shield us from other neighbours.

Our raspberry canes continue to be the source of lots of bee activity; bees really, really like raspberry canes, it turns out. Fruit is emerging on them now with some of the larger green ones now showing hints of pink on them.

Looked up what sort of passion flower we have growing over the wall and it seems it's passiflora caerulea so edible fruits eventually, although unpleasant ones by all accounts.

An exotic, tropical and showy bloom, the Passion Flower is a climber and an exquisite addition to the summer garden. The purple Passion bloom is a symbol of the life and death of Christ. Just sold this print!

Available here with North America
pictorem.com/118193/Purple%20P