Flowers ..at night..

[Silas_Sancona]

Perhaps one of those rare topics not posted here much ( I could be wrong). I thought it might be interesting to share some pictures of flowers from a slightly different perspective.. after the sun sets.  In a way, near complete darkness, sans flash, brings out some details the sun might otherwise wash out.. anyway.. enjoy.. and feel free to add your own, if you dare venture out into the garden after the sun has set.

Red Plumbago


Brunfelsia plicatilis (spelling?) Intoxicating fragrance, esp. on warmer humid summer evenings


Harrissia fragrans..The endangered FL/Caribbean Apple Cactus


.... A couple Plumeria ( #1 Yellow spider #2 Maui Beauty)


Ghostly weeping White hibiscus


Rangoon Creeper- single flowered type


Randia echinocarpa  Buttery Cinnamon/Chocolate/Vanilla sent on a stormy Sonoran Desert summers night


 Fireworks?.. Fiber optics? ..Aliens??.. or Pseudobombax ellipticum V. Alba


Menodora longiflora, Rare S.Texas /N.E.'rn Mexico native in the Olive family. Tough and very fragrant after the sun sets.


..And of course, Guaiacum coulteri, ..by night.. still stunning, imo.


-Nathan

[Monòver]

Wow, very nice!!!

I only have one photo at night and it is if last Summer.

May be next night i will hunt night flowers.

Pachyra aquatica, more fireworks.

[Monòver]

More night flowers, Tillandsia aeranthos "negra"

[Silas_Sancona]

.. Acouple more..

Solandra maxima

[Josue Diaz]

Great pics Nathan. I need to get myself a couple more brunfelsias. I have three pauciflora that do really well for me. 

[Silas_Sancona]

Agree w/you Josue, great plants for part shade areas in the landscape, especially where the fragrance of the flowers can be appreciated. Aside from the white-flowered sp., really like B. grandiflora.. A nursery I visited on a regular basis back in Sarasota had 3 large specimens planted around their property. Could not walk around the place without noticing them before pretty much anything else planted near by. 

To a degree, I kind of kick myself for not grabbing one when I had the chance, then again, the B. plicatilis specimen I added in my post hasn't flowered once since we moved here and I almost lost it after last summers nuke fest, even though it was kept in all day shade.. Pretty sure it will be a lot happier once we are closer to the coast this summer.. 

[Monòver]

Clivias at night

[Silas_Sancona]

..The first temptingly fragrant blooms of 3 warm season specialties of Summer 2018.. 


Randia echinocarpa, Papache.. Gardenia relative from Sonora, Mexico. Started flowering about 12 days ago, a little ahead of last year.


 

Mandevilla, **formally Macrosiphonia**  brachysiphon, Huachuca ( Hua-chew-kah) Rock Trumpet.
Uncommon S.E. AZ native that likes well drained, gravely limestone spots on slopes/ hillsides. Have found it somewhat tough to get going, esp. in pots.. but fills out nicely in the ground. Extremely fragrant ( reminds me of Chilean Jasmine, Mandevilla laxa ) and flowers at night, or on cloudy, humid summer days during Monsoon season. Part shade ( After 11am in the summer here) preferred. one of 3 species native to the U.S. and Northern Mexico. Well worth looking for. Thinking it would do well in CA as well. Likely hardiness is 7b-11a. 



Capparis cynophallophora, Jamaican Caper..
Another of the FL. trial species i'd brought with me here for further analysis/ research into potential hardiness outside of Florida.. First flowers on this specimen. Has done well in
part shade for me.. no issues with the heat if kept watered ( remember, all my stuff is in pots for the time being)  Surprised at how fragrant the flowers are. Trying to hand pollinate flowers as they open for seed. 



-Nathan

[Monòver]

Very nice!

[jimmyt]

Eerily seductive photography people.     I like it!! 

[Botanicus]

[Howeadypsis]

Great pics!

[Monòver]

A few shots from last night, sorry for the poor quality.

Phalaenopsis

Plumeria

[Monòver]

More flowers

Pachipodium lammereii

Echeveria setosa

Begonia sp.

Heliconia shiedeanna

And my fireworks, Pachira aquatica

[greysrigging]

My Midnight Cactus in bloom. Epiphyllum Oxypetalum flowers coincide with tropical downpours in my climate and generally I have 7 flower flushes per year spaced about one month apart. This one grows in full sun on my nature strip, a fairly hostile location. Seems to thrive on neglect.