Passiflora foetida

Love-in-a-mist, Wild Water Lemon, Stinking Passion Flower, Wild Maracuja

Message of the Flower

Integral Silence

The Mother’s Comment

The source of true force.

Spiritual Message by the Mother/ Quotes by Sri Aurobindo

Silence: the condition of the being when it listens to the Divine.

The Mother, Words of the Mother - II: Silence

In silence lies the greatest receptivity. And in an immobile silence the vastest action is done.

Let us learn to be silent so that the Lord may make use of us.

The Mother, Some Answers from the Mother: 19 December 1971

With words one can at times understand, but only in silence one knows.

The Mother, Words of the Mother - II: Silence

This power of silence is a capacity and not an incapacity, a power and not a weakness. It is a profound and pregnant stillness. Only when the mind is thus entirely still, like clear, motionless and level water, in a perfect purity and peace of the whole being and the soul transcends thought, can the Self which exceeds and originates all activities and becomings, the Silence from which all words are born, the Absolute of which all relativities are partial reflections manifest itself in the pure essence of our being. In a complete silence only is the Silence heard; in a pure peace only is its Being revealed. Therefore to us the name of That is the Silence and the Peace.

Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga - I: The Purified Understanding

Colour

White, green

Family

Passifloraceae

Person who named the flower

Carl Linnaeus

Flower Size

1 to 3 inches in diameter

Flower Texture

Smooth, waxy

Number of Petals

5 petals, 5 sepals that resemble petals

Floral Symmetry

Radial

Fragrance of Flower

Mildly unpleasant

Leaf Texture

Hairy

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate

Leaf Color

Green

Structural Variation (Shrub or Tree)

Vine

Life Cycle

Perennial

Blooming Period

Year-round in tropical climates

Climate

Tropical and subtropical

Water Requirements

Moderate, drought-tolerant

Soil Type

Adaptable, prefers well-drained

Temperature Ranges

Warm, not frost-tolerant

Sun or Shade

Full sun to partial shade

Susceptibility to Insects and Diseases

Aphids, spider mites, fungal diseases

Pollinators

Bees, butterflies, birds

Habitat

Native to tropical America, invasive elsewhere

Role in the Ecosystem

Nectar source, habitat for insects and birds

Quotations

Not specifically quoted

Ornamental

Beautiful, unique flowers

Uses in Other Aspects of Life

Ornamental, medicinal

Endangered Status

Not endangered, considered invasive in some regions