KRISHNA KAMALAM: A flower representing the whole family of Veda Vyasa

Passiflora

Passiflora is also known as passion flowers or passion vines with about 500 species and has a pantropical distribution (tropical regions of all continents).

They are mostly vines and shrubs with hairy stem and leaves.
Leaves are used as food by many species of butterflies and moth.To prevent the butterflies from laying may eggs on a single plant ,some passion flowers bear small coloured nubs resembling their eggs fooling them  that more eggs have already been deposited.

Also,many species produce a sweet liquid attracting which kill most of the pest feeding on the flowers.

Flowering in July producing flowers with a unique structure.

In most of the species ,flowers require large bees like bumble bees,carpenter bees or humming birds for effective pollination.

In some species, the flowers are also covered with hairs secreting the sticky liquid.

They produce a round or oval berry with a juicy interior filled with seeds.

 
This flower has a significance in Hindu mythology

the 100 blue petals represent the 100 Kauravas,
the 3 green or yellow anther at the centre represent the three Pandavas,
the 3 pistils(violet) at the centre represents the holy trinity- Vishnu ,Brahma ,Maheshwar,
the green bulb( ovary) represents Draupadi and at the centre you see small filaments radiating out which represents the Sudarshan chakra of Lord Vishnu.

Beside this, it is also compared to the crown(of thorns) of Jesus,its blue colour to that of Lord Krishna, sometimes to the Kurukshetra...
In any ways, it is one of the magnificent flowers in nature...