Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Mucuna Vine starting to bloom, 1 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Here is one that you don't see often. This is a fairly big vine, but it is hard to photograph because it is sharing a trellis with several different passifloras. These are the first flowers to show themselves, but there are many more racemes yet to open. I'll photograph the vine again when it is in full bloom. In the meantime here are a few shots.

I've had this vine for a couple of years now. It only produced a few racemes last year, but this year, it has many, many more. It probably takes a few years to get well-established.