(OOC: that was I posted the wrong thing. Sorry about that!)
"I should have told you that straight off!" Roa laughed a little at how simply, and yet, how wonderfully, distracted she'd gotten. "This is Passiflora incarnata, or purple passionflower, although I also overheard someone call it a maypop, though I'm not sure how common that is. The first name's in a very old language and is used by people of science to describe the species. The second, well, it sounds very romantic, but it means the other kind of passion, apparently. The flower itself is supposed to be symbolic of a holy person's suffering."
Really, it seemed a bit much for a pretty, curly, purple flower that would only ever live for a few days for a few days.
"It reminds me a little of what we used to call a miele, but those only grow on fallen trees and they don't have so much /fluff/ to them."
Re: Roa
"I should have told you that straight off!" Roa laughed a little at how simply, and yet, how wonderfully, distracted she'd gotten. "This is Passiflora incarnata, or purple passionflower, although I also overheard someone call it a maypop, though I'm not sure how common that is. The first name's in a very old language and is used by people of science to describe the species. The second, well, it sounds very romantic, but it means the other kind of passion, apparently. The flower itself is supposed to be symbolic of a holy person's suffering."
Really, it seemed a bit much for a pretty, curly, purple flower that would only ever live for a few days for a few days.
"It reminds me a little of what we used to call a miele, but those only grow on fallen trees and they don't have so much /fluff/ to them."