This is Mirabilis longiflora. During the day the flowers look like scraggly bits of string at the end of the stem, but at night the exotic new flowers open to scent the air.
Just look at those trumpets!
Pollen at the ready! I love the fluffy ‘stays’
And for those of a technical bent, here’s a ruler along side the trumpet showing exact how longiflora it is! (Apparently they can get to 20cm, but I’m just happy mine has flowered this year)
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How pretty. I’ve tried Mirabilis jalapa but this is a new one for me.
Yes, thanks. I love M. jalapa too, but am not too fond of the ‘Broken Colours’ kind.
A very pretty flower, and glad you could get it to flower for you. 😃
Thx Cathy. It’s taken its sweet time, but as with most things you have to wait for …
What fun! Beautiful flower.
🙂
A pretty little thing (but quite long!), I like the contrast of the white petals with the orange/pink stamens/style.
It is very exotic and alluring! I have to remember to go looking for it in the evening though.
A new one on me… it must be moth pollinated, eh?
Lol, but what kind in England I wonder?
Well, look at that. It’s in the Four O’Clock family! I thought the flower looked sort of familiar. Your M. longiflora is native here in Arizona and New Mexico, and a teeny-tiny spot in far west Texas: very interesting! And, yes — the Four O’Clock species we have are as fragrant as can be, especially when they’ve just opened.
🙂 I’ve since discovered that they produce cute, big, scrab-like seeds. I wonder what pollinated mine?
How sweet! I have never seen this before.
Not terribly surprising given that it looks like droopy bit of strings until evening!