Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Humming a favorite tune......, 1 by Happenstance

Happenstance wrote:
I've got the stuff that you want
I've got the thing that you need
I've got more than enough
To make you drop to your knees
Cause I'm the queen of the night
The queen of the night
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

I've missed visiting and seeing all the great images here on the forum......have a lot of catching up to do! So busy with decisions and activities at the new house, boxes everywhere here as I try to sort and organize 8 years of clutter. :-) My poor garden is neglected, but going strong on its own thank goodness.

I've been watching the E. oxy buds as they develop and they took on that upward movement a couple of days ago and began to enlarge rapidly. I think tonight will probably be opening night for most of the surviving buds. Some didn't ever develop beyond the 1/2" stage, some melted away in a week long 100+ heat wave, but there are a dozen or so on this plant that is in it's third season. Last year as I recall there were just two flowers.

A month ago they looked like this http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/608815/ and yesterday they looked like this: