Blake09
08-14-2010, 11:36 AM
My Moonflower plants arnt like many other people's, for one they are in bush form, not vine. The actual flowers themselvs are a little over 4 in wide and about 6in long. The flowers are verry sweet smelling (I wish they had perfume/clone that smells like it) The big white flowers open as soon as it starts to get dark and stays open until morning (If you have a cloudy morning they will stay open til' about mid day). The moonflower will stay blooming every night until about the first frost. After the flower is gone, cool looking spikey balls appear, this is where the seeds hide. When the seeds are ready to come out the spikey ball bursts, the seeds inside look like a damp brane. When the seeds dry they fall out. When wintertime comes they die down to their roots and then when spring comes they pop right back up (like bulbs or courms). Also in the spring you will get moonflower seedlings poping up all around the plant, so if you had a really bad winter you will still alwayse have the seedlings pop up and grow into a big bush. If you ever dig up a moonflower plant their rootsystem looks like a big carrot.
Ok now onto some pictures and videos...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35717&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35717)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35714&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35714)
Moonflower that isnt fulley opened yet:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35715&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35715)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35711&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35711)
Flower about 6in long and a lottle over 4in wide:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35708&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35708)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35706&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35706)
Moonflower seeds:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35707&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35707&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35713&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35713&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35712&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35712&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35710&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35710&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35709&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35709&ppuser=5852)
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This is my friends moonflower plant that I gave them in the spring. One night it had 20+ blooms on it. :woohoonaner: they said that they LOVE IT :goteam:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35716&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35716&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35719&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35719&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35721&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35721&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35725&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35725&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35724&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35724&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35723&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35723&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35722&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35722&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35720&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35720&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35718&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35718&ppuser=5852)
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All those pictures are from a week to a couple of days old. Now for some videos:
YouTube - Moonflower blooms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op6tVmlrqB8)
YouTube - Moonflower blooms #2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVe42f6w38)
YouTube - Moonflower (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaq7fyJUSGw)
YouTube - young moonflower blooms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSIp2s-he7A)
YouTube - More moonflower blooms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRS250u7h0s)
YouTube - Spikey Moonflower seed pods (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QmVI_V1GEc)
Ok now onto some pictures and videos...
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35717&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35717)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35714&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35714)
Moonflower that isnt fulley opened yet:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35715&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35715)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35711&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35711)
Flower about 6in long and a lottle over 4in wide:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35708&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35708)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35706&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35706)
Moonflower seeds:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35707&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35707&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35713&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35713&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35712&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35712&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35710&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35710&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35709&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35709&ppuser=5852)
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This is my friends moonflower plant that I gave them in the spring. One night it had 20+ blooms on it. :woohoonaner: they said that they LOVE IT :goteam:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35716&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35716&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35719&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35719&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35721&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35721&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35725&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35725&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35724&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35724&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35723&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35723&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35722&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35722&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35720&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35720&ppuser=5852)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35718&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35718&ppuser=5852)
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All those pictures are from a week to a couple of days old. Now for some videos:
YouTube - Moonflower blooms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op6tVmlrqB8)
YouTube - Moonflower blooms #2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVe42f6w38)
YouTube - Moonflower (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaq7fyJUSGw)
YouTube - young moonflower blooms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSIp2s-he7A)
YouTube - More moonflower blooms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRS250u7h0s)
YouTube - Spikey Moonflower seed pods (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QmVI_V1GEc)