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"[Moonflowers] are strongly scented, a trifle sickly in character. They are like thin strong silk, so white they appear to be illuminated, even on a fairly dark night."       The Essential Earthman

I cannot find two of my three Henry Mitchell books; perhaps I lent them. I wanted to quote more lines about moonflowers, especially the scene in a southern backyard when  evening guests gather on the patio to watch a brace of moonflowers open.  This video captures the unfurling of the petticoat-sail.  This side view shows what I call the soft-swirl-phase when the expanding bud looks like it belongs at Dairy Queen. You can move the little button to make it run faster. I like these primitive video clips where you can control the speed. Warmed up?  Now onto the next clip.

This YouTube video features a frontal view, with nice narrative from the poster.  When trying to embedd this from the YouTube site, I could not. But somehow I stumbled upon the same video posted here

VOILA!  the embed/clipboard command worked.  The video was posted by a nice soul (cnn66) near Jensen Beach on the Indian River of Florida.  I have a few images of my first moonflower of two week ago. She opened in a rainstorm, keeping her sails trim in that gale. You can also see her day-loving cousin, Heavenly Blue -- queen of the morning glories. But her reign, like the moonflower is less than a day. Visit them at this gallery.