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<title><![CDATA[Passifloraceae, Passiflora miniata]]></title>
<link>http://anthrome.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/passifloraceae-passiflora-spp-red-species/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anthromes</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Arkopharma Türkiye Fitoterapi ]]></title>
<link>http://seot.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/arkopharma-turkiye-fitoterapi/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:48:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Seo Turhan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://seot.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/arkopharma-turkiye-fitoterapi/</guid>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com">Arkopharma Türkiye </a>Fitoterapi Bitkilerle Tedavi 4321 inceliyorum solisyon, tablet ginkgo, horse chestnut, soya lesitin, passiflora, valerian, St. John&#8217;s Wort, mucivital, psyllium, milk thistle, artichoke, cranberry, ananas, guarana, fucus, phytosoya, harpadol, ginseng, echinacea, acerola, resveratrol, bardane, rezene, enginar, sarımsak tozu, ekinezya, at kestanesi, somon yağı, balık yağı içeren bitkisel tedavi ürünleri.</p>
<p>arkopharma</font></a> </div>
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						<font color="#000000">Arkopharma</font></div>
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						<font color="#000000">Ürünler</font></div>
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						<font color="#000000">Fitoterapi</font></div>
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						<font color="#000000">Haberler</font></div>
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						<font color="#000000">Profesyoneller İçin</font></div>
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						<font color="#000000">Medikal Astroloji</font></div>
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						<font color="#000000">S.S.S.</font></div>
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						<font color="#000000">Basında Arkopharma</font></div>
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					<a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/section/id/11"></p>
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						<font color="#000000">Bize Ulaşın</font></div>
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								<font color="#000000">Dandelion</font></div>
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								<font color="#000000">Ödem gidermeye, idrar<br />
								yolları taşı ve safra taşı oluşumunu önlemeye<br />
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<p>					</a><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/urun/id/30"></p>
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								<font color="#000000">Milk Thistle</font></div>
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								<font color="#000000">Karaciğer destekleyici</font></div>
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							<font color="#000000">KULLANIM ŞARTLARI VE GİZLİLİK<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Arkopharma Türkiye Fitoterapi Bitkilerle Tedavi]]></title>
<link>http://sacekim.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/arkopharma-turkiye-fitoterapi-bitkilerle-tedavi/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sacekim</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Arkopharma Fitoterapi Bitkilerle Tedavi 4321 inceliyorum solisyon, tablet ginkgo, horse chestnut, so]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a title="arkopharma" href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com">Arkopharma </a>Fitoterapi Bitkilerle Tedavi 4321 inceliyorum solisyon, tablet ginkgo, horse chestnut, soya lesitin, passiflora, valerian, St. John&#8217;s Wort, mucivital, psyllium, milk thistle, artichoke, cranberry, ananas, guarana, fucus, phytosoya, harpadol, ginseng, echinacea, acerola, resveratrol, bardane, rezene, enginar, sarımsak tozu, ekinezya, at kestanesi, somon yağı, balık yağı içeren bitkisel tedavi arkopharma, arkofarma, arcopharma, Türkiye, fitoterapi,bitkilerle tedavi, 4321,4.3.2.1,solisyon,tablet, bağırsak,barsak gazı, şişkinlik, hazımsızlık, kabızlık, spazm, mide bulantısı, karaciğer desteği,hepatit,sarılık,sistiti önleme,detoks,prostat,adet sancısı,ginkgo,horse chestnut, soya lesitin, passiflora, valerian,St. John&#8217;s Wort, mucivital, psyllium,milk thistle, artichoke, cranberry , ananas, guarana, fucus, phytosoya, harpadol, ginseng, echinacea, acerola, resveratrol, bardane, rezene, enginar, sarımsak tozu, ekinezya, at kestanesi,  somon yağı, balık yağı ürünleri.</p>
<p><strong>Fitoterapi ve Gıda Takviyesi Alanlarında Avrupa Lideri</strong></p>
<p>Arkopharma Laboratuarları, 25 yılı aşkın süredir uzmanlığını, araştırma ve geliştirme çalışmalarıyla insanların sağlıklı kalabilmeleri ve kaliteli bir yaşam sürdürebilmeleri konusunda yoğunlaştıran bir Fransız markasıdır. Fitoterapi ve gıda takviyeleri alanlarında Avrupa’da lider olan Arkopharma, dünya genelinde 12 şubeye sahiptir ve 65’in üzerinde ülkede faaliyet göstermektedir.</p>
<p>Günümüzde çoğu gelişmiş ülkede kimyasal ilaçlara karşı güvensizliğin yanında, doğal ürünlere olan ilgi artmaktadır. Kimyasal ilaç kullanımı sonucu açığa çıkan yan etkiler ve toksik maddeler yeniden doğaya yönelimi gerektirmiştir.</p>
<p>Arkopharma Laboratuarları, 25 yılı aşkın süredir bakım ve korunma amaçlı bitkisel sağlık ürünleri ile doğal kozmetikler sunmaktadır. Arkopharma ürünleri, semptomu gidermek yerine, rahatsızlığın başlıca nedenini tedavi etmeyi amaçlar. Arkopharma tarafından geliştirilen “sağlık ürünleri” temel iki ihtiyaca yöneliktir: Rahatsızlığın başlıca nedenini tedavi ederken, vücudun doğal dengesini koruyarak önleme ve iyileştirme.</p>
<p>1982’de Arkopharma üretim tesisi ilaç fabrikası statüsü almış ve Fransa’da 65.000m2’lik Avrupa’nın en modern tesislerinde üretime başlanmıştır. Güvenilirliği ve standardizasyonu garanti altına alınmış yüksek kalitedeki ürünler, ödün vermeksizin yapılan üretim kontrolleri ile piyasaya sunulmaktadır. ürünlere ait etkinlikler, klinik çalışmalarla kanıtlanmıştır.</p>
<p>Arkopharma, 1000’den fazla geri ödemesiz ürünü ile reçetesiz ilaç alanında birçok soruna çözümler sunar. Bu pazarda, 1.3 milyar Euro ile pazarın %10.9’luk payına sahip olan Arkopharma lider konumdadır. (Kaynak: Nielsen)</p>
<li>65’in üzerinde ülkede faaliyet</li>
<li>1536 Çalışan</li>
<li>100 AR&#38;GE çalışanı</li>
<li>224,000,000€ Ciro</li>
<li>14,200,000€ Kar</li>
<li>1,792 ürün Ruhsatı</li>
<li>AR&#38;GE’ye net satışın %5’i kadar yatırım</li>
<li>12 ülkede şube: İspanya, İtalya, İngiltere, İrlanda, Hollanda, Belçika, İsviçre, Yunanistan, Amerika, Kanada, Avustralya</li>
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<div id="e1"><span style="color:#000000;">Arkopharma</span></div>
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<div id="e2"><span style="color:#000000;">Ürünler</span></div>
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<div id="e3"><span style="color:#000000;">Üretim Teknolojisi</span></div>
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<div id="e4"><span style="color:#000000;">Fitoterapi</span></div>
<p></a><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/section/id/6"></p>
<div id="e6"><span style="color:#000000;">Haberler</span></div>
<p></a><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/section/id/7"></p>
<div id="e7"><span style="color:#000000;">Profesyoneller İçin</span></div>
<p></a><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/section/id/8"></p>
<div id="e8"><span style="color:#000000;">Medikal Astroloji</span></div>
<p></a><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/section/id/9"></p>
<div id="e9"><span style="color:#000000;">S.S.S.</span></div>
<p></a><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/section/id/10"></p>
<div id="e10"><span style="color:#000000;">Basında Arkopharma</span></div>
<p></a><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/section/id/11"></p>
<div id="e11"><span style="color:#000000;">Bize Ulaşın</span></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/urun/id/36"></p>
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<div><span style="color:#000000;">Dandelion</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000;">Ödem gidermeye, idrar yolları taşı ve safra taşı oluşumunu önlemeye yardımcı</span></div>
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<div><span style="color:#000000;">Milk Thistle</span></div>
<div><span style="color:#000000;">Karaciğer destekleyici</span></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/sayfa/id/10"><span style="color:#000000;">İNSAN KAYNAKLARI</span></a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/sayfa/id/9"><span style="color:#000000;">KULLANIM ŞARTLARI VE GİZLİLİK POLİTİKASI</span></a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.arkopharmaturkiye.com/section/id/11"><span style="color:#000000;">İLETİŞİM</span></a></div>
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<title><![CDATA[Cultivated vacant lot and a street cat]]></title>
<link>http://anthrome.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/cultivated-vacant-lot-with-cat/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anthromes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anthrome.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/cultivated-vacant-lot-with-cat/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[This cat hangs out in an abandoned lot I planted.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Novidades Outubro 2009]]></title>
<link>http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/novidades-outubro/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sandra Borges</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/novidades-outubro/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[        Esculturas de Beatriz Cunha Beatriz Cunha&#8217;s sculptures         Esculturas de Inês Ferr]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-442" title="P1770009" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/p17700091.jpg?w=300" alt="P1770009" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-434" title="P1770001" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/p1770001.jpg?w=225" alt="P1770001" width="225" height="300" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Esculturas de Beatriz Cunha</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Beatriz Cunha&#8217;s sculptures</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-435" title="P1770003" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/p1770003.jpg?w=225" alt="P1770003" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Esculturas de Inês Ferreira</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Inês Ferreira&#8217;s sculptures</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-438" title="P1770007" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/p17700071.jpg?w=225" alt="P1770007" width="225" height="300" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-440" title="P1770004" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/p1770004.jpg?w=225" alt="P1770004" width="225" height="300" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-444" title="10-10-2009_061" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/10-10-2009_061.jpg?w=300" alt="10-10-2009_061" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-445" title="10-10-2009_066" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/10-10-2009_066.jpg?w=300" alt="10-10-2009_066" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-446" title="P1770006" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/p17700061.jpg?w=225" alt="P1770006" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Esculturas de Sandra Borges</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Sandra Borges sculptures</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-460" title="carrilhão1" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/carrilhao1.jpg" alt="carrilhão1" width="496" height="719" /></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-461" title="carrilhão2" src="http://cadernografico.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/carrilhao2.jpg" alt="carrilhão2" width="497" height="468" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"> </p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>O Carrilão</em>, nº 702, edição de 01 de Novembro de 2009</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>O Carrilhão, local newspaper, nº 702, 01 November 2009 edition</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[August. Crunch, crunch...]]></title>
<link>http://allcreatureswelcome.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/august-crunch-crunch/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jane Tsong</dc:creator>
<guid>http://allcreatureswelcome.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/august-crunch-crunch/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Gardeners, how do you strike a balance between attracting wildlife and actually having healthy plant]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-151" title="P8159177m" src="http://allcreatureswelcome.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/p8159177m.jpg?w=1024" alt="P8159177m" width="1024" height="731" />Gardeners, how do you strike a balance between attracting wildlife and actually having healthy plants left?</p>
<p>This spring, I planted nasturtiums in a pot on our back porch hoping for a crop of nice leaves to eat this summer. No sooner did the big beautiful round leaves appear, then cabbage white butterflies started hanging out by the plant. Soon, little holes appeared in some of the big green leaves. Sure enough, on the underside of each hole was a tiny green caterpillar. No problem, I love wildlife! Did I tell you how much I even love common creatures? No creature too humble. The caterpillars were our little friends.</p>
<p>Everyday they got just a bit bigger. They were so juicy looking they were almost translucent: beings halfway between plant and creature. Soon the nasturtium plant was looking less and less, but I hoped our reward would be a bumper crop of chrysalises. Instead, one day the caterpillars suddenly disappeared, leaving a bunch of leafless vines. Did they ditch us to make chrysalises elsewhere? Or do house finches eat them?</p>
<p>Several months ago, I also planted two different Passiflora species with hopes of attracting fritillary butterflies. One of these was a ubiquitous type, which I dug up from a well tended garden, which would gladly be rid of Passiflora forever. This has proven to be a tough and drought tolerant vine. No regrets. But no butterflies yet.</p>
<p>The other was a very fragile and needy looking Passiflora amalocarpa, which I worked hard to win at a lecture on Passifloras by Jorge Ochoa. Passiflora amalocarpa is associated with Heliconius butterflies in its natural range. But I didn’t know if it would attract anything here in Los Angeles. Its beautiful wing-like leaves convinced me to take it home, despite the fact it is neither drought-tolerant nor particularly edible (the criteria we use for our already overpopulated garden).</p>
<p>I’ve been watching the plant carefully, helping it to get established. Only yesterday did Robert find caterpillars on it. Today the plant is almost already defoliated. Now I feel like I’m being forced to choose between keeping the plant alive, or keeping the caterpillars….</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A trellis update]]></title>
<link>http://writingbyear.com/2009/08/14/a-trellis-update/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>WritingbyEar</dc:creator>
<guid>http://writingbyear.com/2009/08/14/a-trellis-update/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Back in May I posted about crafting a couple trellises for the deck. That was then. This is now. I]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Back in May I posted about <a href="http://writingbyear.com/2009/05/12/believer-or-not-seeds-faith/" target="_blank">crafting a couple trellises</a> for the deck.</p>
<p>That was then.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2363" title="trellis2" src="http://christinehollinger.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/trellis2.jpg" alt="trellis2" width="477" height="636" /></p>
<p>This is now.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ll definitely be doing this every year, trying different vining plants. These took a while to take off, and I&#8217;m disappointed the moonflowers I included in the pots aren&#8217;t blooming. I see the big leaves, just no blooms. In fact, I&#8217;ve never gotten moonflowers to bloom &#8212; what&#8217;s the secret?</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2783" title="blooms" src="http://christinehollinger.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/blooms.jpg" alt="blooms" width="477" height="636" /></p>
<p>Have you ever seen a passion flower vine (Passiflora)? I hadn&#8217;t until a few years ago. My sister bought me one this year in a hanging basket and it&#8217;s so amazing. Symbolically, the flower is said to represent the crucifixion (passion) of Christ.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2785" title="passionflower1" src="http://christinehollinger.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/passionflower1.jpg" alt="passionflower1" width="477" height="357" /></p>
<p>According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_flower" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian missionaries adopted the unique physical structures of this plant, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus Christ and especially the Crucifixion:</p>
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<li>The pointed tips of the leaves were taken to represent the Holy Lance.</li>
<li>The tendrils represent the whips used in the Flagellation of Christ.</li>
<li>The ten petals and sepals represent the ten faithful apostles (less St. Peter the denier and Judas Iscariot the betrayer).</li>
<li>The flower&#8217;s radial filaments, which can number more than a hundred and vary from flower to flower, represent the Crown of Thorns.</li>
<li>The chalice-shaped ovary with its receptacle represents a hammer or the Holy Grail.</li>
<li>The 3 stigmata represent the 3 nails and the 5 anthers below them the 5 wounds (four by the nails and one by the lance).</li>
<li>The blue and white colors of many species&#8217; flowers represent Heaven and Purity.</li>
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<p>The flower has been given names related to this symbolism throughout Europe since that time. In Spain, it is known as <em>espina de Cristo</em> (&#8220;Christ&#8217;s Thorn&#8221;). Old German names<sup><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></sup> are <em>Christus-Krone</em> (&#8220;Christ&#8217;s Crown&#8221;), <em>Christus-Strauss</em> (&#8220;Christ&#8217;s Bouquet&#8221;<sup><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></sup>), <em>Dorn-Krone</em> (&#8220;Crown of Thorns&#8221;), <em>Jesus-Leiden</em> (&#8220;Jesus&#8217; Passion&#8221;), <em>Marter</em> (&#8220;Passion&#8221;<sup><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></sup>) or <em>Muttergottes-Stern</em> (&#8220;Mother of God&#8217;s Star&#8221;<sup><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></sup>).</p></blockquote>
<p>So beautiful. So exotic. So &#8220;fleeting days of summer.&#8221;</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2787" title="passionflower2" src="http://christinehollinger.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/passionflower2.jpg" alt="passionflower2" width="477" height="357" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Follow your passion and success will follow you.<br />
~ Arthur Buddhold</em></p>
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<link>http://gardenmuse.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/blooming-in-my-garden-today-5/</link>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Two passion flowers on the vine this morning&#8230;in our zone 7 area, passion flowers must be treated as an annual. I bought this vine from Home Depot and bring it indoors right before the first frost, put it just inside my office patio doors (where it gets filtered light and I keep it watered) and take it out again in spring. I&#8217;ve been able to keep it going strong for <em>four </em>consecutive years now&#8212;not bad for my $20 investment, huh?</p>
<p>I noticed that passion flower is spelled as one word and as two words all over the web&#8212;by experts and novice gardeners alike. In past postings, I&#8217;ve spelled it as one word. Which do <em>you</em> prefer? Are they both correct?</p>
<p>There are more than 500 known species and several hundred hybrids of passiflora. Most are vine-flowering, although some are shrubs, and a few are herbaceous. Just nine species are found in the U.S. and Southern Asia has the most native species–17. The most common species in the southeastern U.S. is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_incarnata" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Maypop</strong></span></a>, <em>Passiflora incarnata</em>. Its edible fruit is sweet, yellow, the size of a chicken’s egg, and few pests bother it. It is the larval food of a number of butterfly species and important to local wildlife. Carpenter bees are important pollinators of maypops.</p>
<p><em><strong>For more information on passion flowers:</strong></em></p>
<p><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Passiflora Online </strong></span>is a comprehensive website with growing tips, FAQs, plant ID, hybrid and species images, pollinators, and much more.</p>
<p><a href="http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/flowers/passionflower/passion.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Plants in Motion</strong></span></a> has videos of a passion flower in bloom and also short clips of bees visiting the flowers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/blue_passion_flower.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Tradewinds Fruit</strong></span></a> has a great database of passion flower blossoms. Click on the “related species” section on the left of the site to see a wide variety of passion flower plants.</p>
<p><strong>See more of my passion flower photos in the links below:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/its-about-time/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/its-about-time/</strong></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/backyard-blooms/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/backyard-blooms/</strong></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/meanwhile-in-the-garden/"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/meanwhile-in-the-garden/</strong></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/lady-margaret/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/lady-margaret/</strong></span></a></p>
<p>© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.</p>
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<link>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/blooming-in-my-garden-today-4/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>cindydyer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/blooming-in-my-garden-today-4/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Two passion flowers on the vine this morning&#8230;in our zone 7 area, passion flowers must be treat]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Two passion flowers on the vine this morning&#8230;in our zone 7 area, passion flowers must be treated as an annual. I bought this vine from Home Depot and bring it indoors right before the first frost, put it just inside my office patio doors (where it gets filtered light and I keep it watered) and take it out again in spring. I&#8217;ve been able to keep it going strong for <em>four </em>consecutive years now&#8212;not bad for my $20 investment, huh?</p>
<p>I noticed that passion flower is spelled as one word and as two words all over the web&#8212;by experts and novice gardeners alike. In past postings, I&#8217;ve spelled it as one word. Which do <em>you</em> prefer? Are they both correct?</p>
<p>There are more than 500 known species and several hundred hybrids of passiflora. Most are vine-flowering, although some are shrubs, and a few are herbaceous. Just nine species are found in the U.S. and Southern Asia has the most native species–17. The most common species in the southeastern U.S. is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passiflora_incarnata" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Maypop</strong></span></a>, <em>Passiflora incarnata</em>. Its edible fruit is sweet, yellow, the size of a chicken’s egg, and few pests bother it. It is the larval food of a number of butterfly species and important to local wildlife. Carpenter bees are important pollinators of maypops.</p>
<p><em><strong>For more information on passion flowers:</strong></em></p>
<p><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Passiflora Online </strong></span>is a comprehensive website with growing tips, FAQs, plant ID, hybrid and species images, pollinators, and much more.</p>
<p><a href="http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/flowers/passionflower/passion.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Plants in Motion</strong></span></a> has videos of a passion flower in bloom and also short clips of bees visiting the flowers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/blue_passion_flower.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>Tradewinds Fruit</strong></span></a> has a great database of passion flower blossoms. Click on the “related species” section on the left of the site to see a wide variety of passion flower plants.</p>
<p><strong>See more of my passion flower photos in the links below:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/its-about-time/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/its-about-time/</strong></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/backyard-blooms/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/22/backyard-blooms/</strong></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/meanwhile-in-the-garden/"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/meanwhile-in-the-garden/</strong></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/lady-margaret/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#800080;"><strong>http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/lady-margaret/</strong></span></a></p>
<p>© Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#800080;"><a rel="attachment wp-att-7086" href="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/blooming-in-my-garden-today-4/flowercollage-2/"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-7086" title="FlowerCollage" src="http://cindydyer.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/flowercollage1.jpg" alt="FlowerCollage" width="489" height="1419" /></a><br />
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<link>http://planetcity1.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/circus-fantastica/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>planetcity1</dc:creator>
<guid>http://planetcity1.wordpress.com/2009/07/18/circus-fantastica/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  © Mr. Greenjeans                            #mce_temp_url#]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Passion Flower]]></title>
<link>http://smallpencils.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/passion-flower/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>polycolour</dc:creator>
<guid>http://smallpencils.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/passion-flower/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Passion flower.  We have the coral-colored ones in our yard: they are taking over everything.  The g]]></description>
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<p>Passion flower.  We have the coral-colored ones in our yard: they are taking over everything.  The green-colored ones are much more polite.</p>
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<link>http://tristhet.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/anxietate-surescitare/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tristhet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tristhet.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/anxietate-surescitare/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[c În ajunul şi în dimineaţa unei zile critice (un examen, de exemplu) se administtrează o doză de Ge]]></description>
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<p>În ajunul şi în dimineaţa unei zile critice (un examen, de exemplu) se administtrează o doză de <em>Gelsemium 15 CH</em> (pentru a combate crampele abdominale, tremurăturile, incapacitatea de concentrare) sau de <em>Argentum Nitricum</em> (pentru a limita surescitarea, logoreea, arsurile la stomac).</p>
<p><strong>Fitoterapie</strong></p>
<p>Se pot consuma sub formă de ceai / infuzie / tinctură păducelul, sunătoarea, passiflora, valeriana sau roiniţa. Aceste specii sunt utile împotriva anxietăţii însă pot avea ca efect secundar stări de somnolenţă.</p>
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<link>http://dasblogding.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/adelig/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>timoria</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dasblogding.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/adelig/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bei meinem letzten Besuch im Gartenmarkt habe ich mir eine neue Passionsblume gekauft. Passionsblume]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Bei meinem letzten Besuch im Gartenmarkt habe ich mir eine neue Passionsblume gekauft. Passionsblumen lösen in mir einen ähnlichen Sammelreiz aus wie Kakteen.</p>
<p>Diese neue Passiflora trägt den schönen Namen &#8220;Lady Margaret&#8221;. Ich hätte sie allerdings auch genommen, wenn sie nicht adelig wäre.</p>
<p>Nun steht sie zwischen den anderen Passis auf der Terrasse und fühlt sich offensichtlich wohl. Pflanzen mit Adelstiteln haben eben keine Befindlichkeiten.</p>
<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-404" title="Lady M." src="http://dasblogding.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/blutenexperimente-002.jpg?w=300" alt="Lady M." width="300" height="225" /><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-405" title="Lady M. nochmal" src="http://dasblogding.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/lady-m-nochmal.jpg?w=300" alt="Lady M. nochmal" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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<link>http://campodifiore.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/jabon-de-passiflora-y-te-verde/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Merc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://campodifiore.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/jabon-de-passiflora-y-te-verde/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Os presento nuestro nuevo jabón de Passiflora y arbol de té. Tiene un suave aroma a flor de té. La p]]></description>
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<link>http://drweather.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/mircea-eliade-lua-droguri-mescalina-maselarita-eliade-in-india-portugalia/</link>
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<guid>http://drweather.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/mircea-eliade-lua-droguri-mescalina-maselarita-eliade-in-india-portugalia/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mircea Eliade &#8211; una din personalitatile romanesti cele mai cunoscute in lume.Dar ca orice alta]]></description>
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<link>http://flowersinmedicine.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/passiflora/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>joshm1972</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flowersinmedicine.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/passiflora/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Passiflora is a type from the Passiflora ceae family that holds over 200 species within it, and endl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-82" title="passiflora flower" src="http://flowersinmedicine.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/passiflora-flower3.jpg" alt="passiflora flower" width="228" height="137" />Passiflora is a type from the Passiflora ceae family<br />
that holds over 200 species within it, and endless<br />
variations and hybrids.most species of this type are climbers,whilst someexist that are bushy and some that<br />
are leafy.</p>
<p>whilst most of these species are ornamental, there are a few speciesgrown for usage in cooking.<br />
the most common species and most familliar amongst these are passion flowers.</p>
<p>most of the ornamental passiflora have a unique flower build, which needs<br />
the big bee for efficient pollination. in tropic america, wooden poles are<br />
are set and arroused in a nearby place to the plantations , in order to<br />
incourage tree bee&#8217;s to nest and pollinate the passiflora.</p>
<p>Josh Mitchelle,<br />
<a href="http://flowersinmedicine.wordpress.com">Flowers in Medicine</a></p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/E0gAhTcFQSg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/E0gAhTcFQSg&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span><br />
Here are flower website links:</p>
<p><span style="font-size:x-small;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.flowersdirectory.org"><strong>Flowers Directory</strong><br />
Add Your URL FREE, Boost Your Web Site&#8217;s Traffic &#38; Rankings.<br />
Web Directory &#8211; www.flowersdirectory.org</a></span></p>
<p><a title="NZ Flowers &#38; Flower Shops" href="http://www.nzflowershop.com" target="_BLANK"><strong>NZ Flowers &#38; Flower Shops</strong></a> NZ Flower Shop is an online flower directory of NZ flowers and NZ florists</p>
<p><a href="http://www.greenfield-flower-shop.com">Greenfield Flower shop</a></p>
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<link>http://anthrome.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/passiflora-spp-unknown-species-panama/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anthromes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anthrome.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/passiflora-spp-unknown-species-panama/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Found this Passion flower variety in Soberania National Park, Panama.  Need to go back and get a pho]]></description>
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<link>http://jadedressler.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/flowers-1/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://jadedressler.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/flowers-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.” Bhagav]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">“If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, fruit or water, I will accept it.”</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Bhagavad-gita (9.26), Krishna</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-946" title="american-beauty" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/american-beauty.jpg?w=300" alt="american-beauty" width="300" height="232" /> The Shock and Beauty of Flowers begs the question: Which is the offering and Who is the recipient of Such A Moment of Adulation and Beauty?  I have never been able to separate myself from the imagery of flowers, it has permeated my way of seeing and working in the world from a young age. When I was 15, I followed the heady smell of insence on South Street in Philadelphia to an elaborate, be-decked archway of a bookstore called <a href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/tantra/sas/sas25.htm">The Garland of Letters. </a>Over the archway was the above quote from Krishna, which has become a mantra for me.</p>
<p>Inside this oasis in the city, the shop was filled with floor-to-ceiling esoteric books, crystals and ritual objects. I bought my first &#8220;Krishna Consciousness&#8221; magazine there, fascinated by the illustrations and cursive Sanskrit as much as I was inspired by the simplicity and wisdom of the quote over the door.  The idea of doorways and entrances that transport is another idea central to my creativity.</p>
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Who was this dancing Krishna God of Pleasure, with his naked girlfriend, flowers, gardens,music and dancing?  I wanted in.  To be immersed, inspired and work with flowers, explore the intersection of <a href="http://www.humanflowerproject.com/">humans and flowers. </a>The Pleasure, Imperfection and Perfection of flowers has always been a force.  Just as a child will pick a small piece of grass or leaf and offer it to an adult with complete wonder and innocence&#8230;this is the fresh place of Adulation and Creativity that I love to create from.     <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-956" title="the-young-daughter-of-the-picts1" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/the-young-daughter-of-the-picts1.jpg?w=214" alt="the-young-daughter-of-the-picts1" width="214" height="300" /></p>
<div style="text-align:0;">Images of women covered in flowers run through history.  Here are two of my favorites.</div>
<div style="text-align:0;">This image of a woman Celtic warrior became the image of my company which styled events and individuals.  She is from the Pict tribe, where the women were tattoed all over their body and led the regiments of soldiers into battle.  This painting is by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgue, entitled &#8220;Young Daughter of the Picts&#8221; (1585) from the Paul Mellon collection.</div>
<div style="text-align:0;"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-134" title="talitha-getty" src="http://jadedressler.wordpress.com/files/2009/02/talitha-getty.jpg?w=267" alt="talitha-getty" width="267" height="300" />Amore recent example, about 200 plus years later, Talitha Getty lived a flowered and plush life, ending it all in the full flower of opiates.  Women, like flowers, can embody such warrior power or such seducing temporality.  Thus the fascination, right?</div>
<div style="text-align:0;">PASSIFLORA</div>
<p>Another fascinating shop of curiosities that inspired me was on the banks of the Delaware River in the town of Lambertville, New Jersey. Called Passiflora, it was the labor of love of two painters from Baltimore, Bette Bains Saum and Ted Saum. Bet Saums is a colorful, gentle and super creative soul whose flowers are loved by everyone with an eye for the fantastic and transcendental in Princeton and the area. Ted filled the shop with antiques, curio and hot DJ mixes and music from all over the world.</p>
<p>Bette and I created flowers for the homes and celebrations of Princeton residents. We styled these advertising shots for Passiflora for ads and an advertising insert which ran in The New York Times.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-849" title="vow-to-be-different" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/vow-to-be-different.jpg?w=300" alt="vow-to-be-different" width="300" height="248" /> <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-846" title="ladder1" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/ladder1.jpg?w=212" alt="ladder1" width="212" height="300" /> <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-899" title="passiflora" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/passiflora.jpg?w=183" alt="passiflora" width="183" height="300" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-842  aligncenter" title="berries" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/berries.jpg?w=213" alt="berries" width="192" height="270" /></p>
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<div style="text-align:left;"> ARTFORMS IN NATURE</div>
<div style="text-align:left;">Other potent influences for this flower obsession include Ernst Haekel, whose book, Artforms in Nature, is the result of his studies as a scientist and his discoveries of unknown and bizarre species.  <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-968" title="ernst_haeckel_and_von_miclucho-macl" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/ernst_haeckel_and_von_miclucho-macl.jpg?w=230" alt="ernst_haeckel_and_von_miclucho-macl" width="230" height="300" /> The images rival anything gorgeous from an acid trip. You can find <a href="http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/haeckel/kunstformen/natur.html">Ernst Haekel downloads of imagery online.</a> <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-894" title="artforms-in-nature" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/artforms-in-nature.jpg?w=218" alt="artforms-in-nature" width="218" height="300" /> <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-969" title="425px-haeckel_orchidae1" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/425px-haeckel_orchidae1.jpg?w=213" alt="425px-haeckel_orchidae1" width="213" height="300" /> MARY POPPINS</div>
<div style="text-align:left;">Women as seductive flowers and flowers becoming women is the stuff of fantasy. I always remember Nellie-Rubina Noah, The Eldest Daughter and wooden doll, illustration in my 1937 issue blue Mary Poppins book (it was actually my mom&#8217;s book). She, Uncle Dodger and Mary Poppins put Spring into the Cherry Tree Lane Park by climbing ladders and adding birds, flowers and butterflies. This illustration&#8230;  <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-931" title="nellie-rubina" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/nellie-rubina.jpg?w=282" alt="nellie-rubina" width="282" height="300" /> and the famous floral carpet-bagger &#8220;pop-in&#8221; carried by the East Wind, (this image is from the original book as well)&#8230;  <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-950" title="mary-poppins" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/mary-poppins.jpg?w=191" alt="mary-poppins" width="191" height="300" /> &#8230;these images were the inspiration for this illustration I did for the cover of a catalogue for Blue Fish Clothing, a free form organic cotton collection avidly collected by its fans for the loose shapes and inspired hand-block prints.  <img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1060" title="flower-girl3" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/flower-girl3.jpg" alt="flower-girl3" width="500" height="632" /> <img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-953" title="blue-fish-catalogue" src="http://plantme.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/blue-fish-catalogue.jpg?w=162" alt="blue-fish-catalogue" width="162" height="300" /></div>
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<div>and this recent illustration of mine&#8230;because the greatest gift this love of flowers has given me is an earthy appreciation and thirst of the sublime and transcendent&#8230;happening and available every moment.</div>
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<div>written by Jade Dressler</div>
<div>illustrations by Jade Dressler</div>
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<link>http://shedoctor.wordpress.com/2009/03/02/somnul-de-ce-sa-il-respectam/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[În timpul somnului, corpul are ocazia recupereze energiile consumate pe parcursul zilei, iar creieru]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-513" title="canstockphoto0611000" src="http://shedoctor.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/canstockphoto0611000.jpg?w=300" alt="canstockphoto0611000" width="300" height="199" />În timpul somnului, corpul are ocazia recupereze energiile consumate pe parcursul zilei, iar creierul să îşi menţină nişte procese extrem de importante, cum ar fi memoria şi gândirea.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#80abd6;"><strong>Fazele somnului</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sunt două faze ale somnului, fiecare având mai multe stadii, constituind un ciclu care durează aprox. 90-110 minute.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Faza NREM sau non-REM (non-rapid eye movement) are ca prim stadiu aşa numitul light sleep, cand suntem pe jumatate treji, pe jumătate adormţi. Stadiul al doilea durează aprox. 20 de minute. Este momentul în care frecvenţa respiratorie şi cardiacă încep să scadă. Stadiile 3 şi 4 se interpun şi constituie somnul adânc. Acum frecvenţa respiratorie şi cardiacă sunt la cel mai mic nivel, iar dacă suntem treziţi în acest stadiu este cel mai probabil să fim dezorientaţi pentru primele minute. Tot în aceste  ultime stadii îşi pot face apariţia manifestările somnambulice.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Faza REM (Rapid Eye Movement) constituie 20-25% din durata totală a somnului. Frecvenţa respiratorie şi cardiacă vor creşte, iar activitatea cerebrală va creşte, acum realizându-se cea mai mare parte a viselor. Musculatura însă este „paralizată&#8221;, cel  mai probabil pentru a nu acţiona în conformitate cu ceea ce visăm.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#80abd6;"><strong>De ce e bine să dormim?</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">S-au realizat diferite cercetări şi s-a ajuns la concluzia că în afară de odihna bine venită simţită de toată lumea, somnul ne ajută să ne vindecăm rănile, să avem un sistem imunitar eficient şi să ne refacem sistemele din organism. Pe de altă parte, în timpul somnului se fixează memoria şi desăvârşesc unele procese ce ne vor folosi pe parcursul zilei în a lua decizii logice şi rapide. Creierul restructurează informaţiile din ziua precedentă în timpul somnului, deci poate contribui la soluţionarea unor probleme.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#80abd6;"><strong>Ce se întâmplă dacă nu dormim sau dormim prea puţin? Ce înseamnă prea puţin?<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-515" title="canstockphoto0049664" src="http://shedoctor.wordpress.com/files/2009/03/canstockphoto0049664.jpg?w=200" alt="canstockphoto0049664" width="200" height="300" /></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">„Prea puţin&#8221; depinde de vârstă. În cazul adulţilor, necesitatea este în funcţie de persoană, dar durata medie este între 7 şi 9 ore.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Lipsa de somn conduce la creşterea nivelului de corticosteron, care este în legătură cu scăderea proliferării celulare la nivelul hipocampului. Asta înseamnă, pe scurt, că va conduce la probleme de concentrare.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">De asemenea, creşte posibilitate de a lua în greutate. Deşi ne-am putea gândi că atunci când suntem treji consumăm mai multe calorii, s-a demonstrat că mai puţin somn conduce la scăderea nivelului de leptină şi creşterea celui de grelină, care ne va dicta că trebuie să mâncăm.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Privarea de somn în copilărie va conduce la probleme comportamentale, scăderea masei cerebrale şi creşterea anormală a apoptozei neuronale.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Alte cercetări au ajuns la concluzia că privarea de somn poate creşte riscul de diabet.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Revenind la oboseală totuşi, cel mai evident efect al privării de somn, unii afirmă că 17 ore continue de nesomn sunt echivalente cu 2 pahare de vin.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#80abd6;"><strong>Dacă nu e vina noastră totuşi, ce putem face?</strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Sunt preferate remediile naturiste, fiind cunoscut faptul că somniferele dau o dependenţă destul de puternică şi afectează calitatea somnului.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Pentru un somn cât mai bun din punct de vedere calitativ, trebuie să mergem la cauză. În principal, cauza este de natură plurifactorială.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#b97496;">Unul din factori ţine de <strong>nerespectarea dormitorului</strong>. De multe ori, acesta este o cameră cu funcţii multiple, electronice de genul televizorului sau calculatorului avându-şi locul aici. Nu voi ţine teorii despre radiaţiile nocive (deşi dacă ne gândim cum ne simţim după o noapte într-o cabană izolată la munte&#8230;), DAR televizorul şi mai ales calculatorul ne menţin mintea „în priză&#8221; şi nu ne lasă să ne deconectăm de la problemele zilei. Cu minim o oră înainte de culcare, ar trebui să renunţăm la activităţile puternic excitante pentru scoarţă.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#759768;">Un alt factor este legat de <strong>stres</strong>. Din păcate nu există nici un buton pe care să apeşi şi să te simţi dintr-o dată relaxat. Totuşi, dacă nu stai singur în casă încearcă să comunici cu cei de lângă tine şi să dai afară o parte din griji. O altă metodă este meditaţia, pe care o poţi efectua pe cont propriu. Nu trebuie să fii expert în ştiinţe orientale necunoscute ca să stai să meditezi, trebuie să înveţi doar cum să îţi redirecţionezi gândurile şi energiile (aici importantă este tehnica respiraţiei). Poţi scăpa de stres şi prin intermediul masajului, care în acest caz trebuie să fie uşor, mai de grabă prin neteziri decât frământări, eventual folosindu-se uleiuri aromate.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Tratamentele mai neconvenţionale cuprind folosirea unor alimente ce se ştie că ajută, aromoterapia, ceaiurile, băile etc.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#d78b64;"><strong>Ce putem mânca şi ne ajută să adormim?</strong> Cele mai cunoscute sunt ceapa şi laptele cu miere. Asta nu înseamnă că fix înainte de culcare trebuie să vă îndopaţi în speranţa că veţi adormi. Din contră, un stomac plin duce la o stare de disconfort ce v-ar putea îngreuna somnul. Totuşi, nu vă feriţi să mâncaţi ceapă la cină, mai ales că până dimineaţa tot mirosul va dispărea.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#6182a3;">Pe de altă parte există diferite plante <strong>care ne pot ajuta să adormim</strong>. Într-o postare trecută am scris despre valeriană, care este un sedativ destul de bun (în general substanţele cu efecte sedative, în doze diferite au şi efecte hipnotice). Muşeţelul de asemenea vă poate ajuta şi se poate combina cu alte plante cum ar fi valeriana, paiele de ovăz şi passiflora. Altă plantă eficientă în această direcţie ar fi: nux vomica (din care se extrage stricnina, un analeptic medular).</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#746ca7;">Aromoterapia, deşi poate părea mai mult un moft, poate fi foarte eficientă. Mirosurile de levănţică, portocal sau trandafir au efect relaxant la nivel central. Puteţi folosi aceste arome şi în cazul băilor, care sunt recomandate în cazul persoanelor cu probleme de adormire, cu condiţia să fie calde. Aici am putea vorbi şi despre colorterapie. Ferţi-vă să faceţi un formitor în nuanţe de roşu, portocaliu sau galben cunoscute fiind ca puternice excitante corticale. Alegeţi un verde liniştitor sau albastru. De asemenea prea mult negru vă poate accentua starea proastă, în cazul în care o aveţi.<br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;">Deci, posibilităţi există. Încercaţi să le combinaţi şi vedeţi cum reuşiţi să le introduceţi în ritualul de adormire. După cum am spus mai sus, este mai important decât credem deoarece, odată cu un somn bun, nu vine numai odihna, ci şi o minte mai clară şi mai rapidă, emoţii mai stabile şi un comportament neirascibil.</p>
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<link>http://tristhet.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/ceai-calmant/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tristhet</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tristhet.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/ceai-calmant/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Se prepară un amestec din 10 g frunze de roiniţă, 10 g frunze de mentă, 15 g rădăcină de valeriană, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Se prepară un amestec din 10 g frunze de roiniţă, 10 g frunze de mentă, 15 g rădăcină de valeriană, 20 g flori de portocal, 15 g anason şi 20 g passiflora. 2 linguri se opărăsc cu 250 ml de apă şi se lasă la infuzat 15 minute.</p>
<p>Se bea o cană seara târziu; o cură durează de obicei 3 luni.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pasifloraceae, Passiflora seemanii]]></title>
<link>http://anthrome.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/pasifloraceae-passiflora-spp-unknown-species/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Here are some photos of a Passiflora variety I found on an island off the Northern Caribbean coast o]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Passion Fruit]]></title>
<link>http://lovvy.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/passion-fruit/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lovvy Yuvraj Keenoo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Passion fruit (or Passiflora edulis) non-tropical fruit in Mauritius. Known as &#8220;Grenadine]]></description>
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