Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Is there anyway to preserve a Queen of the Night flower or, 2 by Theoldgrayclair

Theoldgrayclair wrote:
Thank you so much for your quick reply! I'll check it out before the last blooming which is likely to be tonight! 5 of them. On-line I noticed someone selling the flower essence but am skeptical about that since the fragrance isn't noticeable on buds nor closed buds.

It seems Vietnamese put the spent petals in some sort of a soup But I'd kinda like to taste one fresh after it's done blooming. But am leary of that too just in case they have properties that could put you into renal failure or something like with wild mushrooms if you aren't aware of the poisonous ones. thx agn!

P.S. I normally don't send pics of my pup out having seen way too many poses of pets on a daily basis prior to my getting her. I thought it was kinda funny she actually sniffed it. They appear out of order too. It was the look at me 1st, then sniff, then nighty night. Smile.