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From the lens Moonflowers - Night Blooming Plants.

  • jercow75 Apr 9, 2012 @ 3:39 pm | delete
    My mother has a cactus with a fower that acts in the same way. I've never heard of these before, but they're beautiful.
  • JennySui Apr 5, 2012 @ 3:08 am | delete
    Nice lens! Congrats on getting purple star.
  • curious0927 Mar 3, 2012 @ 8:02 pm | delete
    You have great talent! I especially love the length of this lens. Just enough information to take in at one time. Gorgeous! Blessed!
  • gemjane Feb 1, 2012 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    Great lens! I love the poster. Looks like the children's book would be very interesting.
  • traveller27 Nov 10, 2011 @ 4:13 pm | delete
    Absolutely gorgeous images. Blessed by a travelling angel.
  • traveller27 Nov 10, 2011 @ 4:13 pm | delete
    Absolutely gorgeous images. Blessed by a travelling angel.
  • Rewards4life Oct 18, 2011 @ 2:54 pm | delete
    Beautiful page I loved watching the videos I can't believe how quickly they open. We get a lot of bindweed in our part of the country it's lovely but a pain as it grows so quickly. Nice lens very interesting to the green fingered among us.
  • lifeloveliving Oct 17, 2011 @ 12:34 pm | delete
    I love Impomea plants but didn't really know much about these moonflowers. Lovely!
  • NaturalVamp Sep 30, 2011 @ 3:35 am | delete
    I have seen these beautiful flowers but I had not known it to be called moonflowers. How lovely they are.
  • hakamike Aug 28, 2011 @ 10:45 pm | delete
    Fantastic twining shade plant for a pergola too, just plain nice all round, great lens.
  • Graceonline Aug 27, 2011 @ 10:29 am | delete
    Stazjia, what a beautiful page. I was awestruck, watching the moonflower unfold in real time. Don't you just love how that tiny tendril tickles the bud? The bud seems to shake it off! I appreciate, too, your including the Latin names of the plants you featured. So beautifully wrought, I had to stop and nominate it for LOTD.
  • Stazjia Aug 29, 2011 @ 5:19 am | delete
    That is so kind of you, Grace, I really appreciate it and I'm so glad you enjoyed the article.
  • Candlemakingsupplies Aug 23, 2011 @ 1:05 pm | delete
    Great!!
  • stargazer00 Aug 13, 2011 @ 11:46 pm | delete
    Moonflowers are beautiful!
  • ClassyGals Aug 13, 2011 @ 6:04 pm | delete
    I love moomflowers! They're so easy to grow and received many admiring glances from my neighbors.

    Blessed by a Squid Angel**
  • MaxReily Aug 13, 2011 @ 3:16 pm | delete
    Beautiful lens! I love the time lapse videos.I planted moonflowers one year at my old house, and I loved them. Where I live, they have to be planted each year. I've never tried them in my new location--I sort of forgot how much I liked them. I'll plant some next summer for sure by my patio.
  • Jul 30, 2011 @ 8:38 am | delete
    Hi Stazjia,
    I really liked your lense. These are such unique plants! Great info here. I think I'll give them a try (from seed) next spring. Thanks! :)
    N T T
  • nancycarol Jun 27, 2011 @ 11:30 pm | delete
    I remember watching moonflowers bloom in the evening when I was a child. They are fascinating! Thanks for sharing this lens.
  • pawpaw911 Jun 8, 2011 @ 4:18 pm | delete
    They are one of my wife's favorites.
  • hysongdesigns May 26, 2011 @ 10:39 pm | delete
    I had moon flowers when I lived in TX. But haven't grown them in AZ yet. Here we have the Datura growing wild. Most people around here call it Datura or Jimpson weed. Loved the real time videos, very nice.
  • bejeezers Jan 21, 2011 @ 5:32 pm | delete
    Totally gorgeous. What a wonderful lens.
  • jasmineann Dec 29, 2010 @ 9:51 am | delete
    What a gorgeous flower! I loved reading this page and learning more about the moonflower-it really is incredibly beautiful.
    Congratulations on your purple star!
  • mysticmama Dec 29, 2010 @ 9:50 am | delete
    I love all the various morning glories, but Moonflowers are my fave!
    Congrats! & Blessed >*
  • KathyMcGraw Dec 29, 2010 @ 9:49 am | delete
    OOPS...I forgot to say congratulations on that pretty purple star :) So, congratulations my friend! Well deserved.
  • KathyMcGraw Dec 29, 2010 @ 9:42 am | delete
    Beautiful flowers! I'm not sure if I have ever seen a Moonflower, but I sure like that star one. I know of a cactus that blooms at night, then dies off in the morning, the first time I ever saw it I was fascinated because it was so different. But these vines, yes I would love them at night when we have the windows open...or sitting out in the yard. Beautiful!
  • awelldressedbullet Dec 29, 2010 @ 8:37 am | delete
    What a pretty flower, congratulations on your Purple Star! - Kathy
  • Margo_Arrowsmith Dec 29, 2010 @ 8:06 am | delete
    Congrats on the star, lovely lens
  • Jhangora Dec 29, 2010 @ 8:04 am | delete
    Congrats on the Purple Star! While the flower looks beautiful, I think it should rather be named Star Flower.
  • vallain Dec 29, 2010 @ 7:53 am | delete
    These are just fabulous flowers and I include them in my Create a Moonlight Garden. I'll feature your lens there. Congrats on the purple star.
  • poutine Dec 29, 2010 @ 7:51 am | delete
    Beautiful flower and well deserved Purple Star.
  • JaguarJulie Dec 29, 2010 @ 6:57 am | delete
    Ah, what do I think? I sincerely think I died and went to heaven and encountered lovely Moonflowers! Such a delight -- congrats on your purple star my dear.
  • ChrisDay Dec 29, 2010 @ 6:50 am | delete
    Great flowers. Great pics. Well-deserved Purple Star Trophy. Congratulations
  • WhiteOak50 Jun 4, 2010 @ 6:33 am | delete
    Oh, I love moonflowers!! I grow them too every year!! I have several pictures of them, isn't their scent enchanting, mystical and intoxicating? I love them.
  • WordCustard Jan 25, 2010 @ 12:03 pm | delete
    How beautiful. It's quite magical watching them open in those videos.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Dec 29, 2009 @ 9:24 pm | delete
    I used to have several moonflowers but they died out and I keep forgetting to get more seeds from my mother-in-law. She's the queen of moons. I swear she has a hundred of them.
    Great lens.
    Thanks for sharing
    Lizzy
  • Stazjia Dec 30, 2009 @ 2:59 am | delete
    I wish we could grow moonflowers here in the UK but we have to make do with morning glory.
  • AppalachianCountry Sep 8, 2009 @ 10:14 am | delete
    Wonderful and beautiful lens. We haven't seen this flower in years. Thank-you for bringing back memories. 5 stars*****
  • Sojourn Jul 30, 2009 @ 8:34 pm | delete
    Beautiful flowers and I loved the videos. Nice job!
  • jptanabe Jul 25, 2009 @ 9:33 am | delete
    Lovely! Didn't know about moonflowers, now I want to grow them.
  • Joan4 Jul 25, 2009 @ 7:54 am | delete
    my absolute favorite flower of all! Moonvine!! Blessed by a SquidAngel aka Moonvine!
  • OhMe Jul 25, 2009 @ 5:16 am | delete
    We love the Moonvine and it is my sister, Joan4's favorite flower. I didn't plant any this year and have missed them. Great lens - beautiful and informative.
  • mbgphoto Jul 24, 2009 @ 5:23 pm | delete
    Very cool! I loved watching it bloom! 5*
  • flipflopnana Jul 23, 2009 @ 7:12 pm | delete
    Such a beautiful lens! I loved watching the videos!
  • Sylvestermouse Jul 23, 2009 @ 9:06 am | delete
    Thank you for the introduction to this beautiful flower. What a fantastic lens!
  • MeltedRachel Jul 23, 2009 @ 6:34 am | delete
    What a beautiful flower and a beautiful lens!
  • GramaBarb Jul 22, 2009 @ 12:57 pm | delete
    Sooo beautiful! Loved the video of the Moonflower opening.
  • 24websurf Jul 22, 2009 @ 12:41 pm | delete
    This is just gorgeous! It really makes want to plant these on an arbor outside my back door. I sit outside at night to view the moon and it would be a magnificent romantic touch for us. Thank you for introducing me to this beauty!
  • drifter0658 Jul 22, 2009 @ 12:39 pm | delete
    What a beautiful flower. The blooming at night like romance under the alluring moon. Simply gorgeous.
  • naturegirl7 Jul 21, 2009 @ 5:57 pm | delete
    Beautiful Carol. I didn't know that Peter Loewer wrote books for children. I'm going to feature this lens on my Moon Garden one.
  • BevsPaper Jul 21, 2009 @ 3:01 pm | delete
    An absolutely beautiful lens, Carol!
  • kimmanleyort Jul 21, 2009 @ 12:20 pm | delete
    Isn't nature so interesting? Great lens. I especially loved the videos.
  • motorpurrr Jul 21, 2009 @ 11:50 am | delete
    That's neat! Maybe that's what I planted outside. It has the same flower. I thought it was wierd that it was opening up last night in the evening. You solved a mystery for me. Thanks.

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