And to complete the wildlife today, reader Rodger Atkin sent in some flowers. His captions are indented, and you can enlarge the photos by clicking on them.
This flowered last night in our garden in Thailand. From Wikipedia:
“Dracaena fragrans (cornstalk dracaena), is a flowering plant species that is native to tropical Africa, from Sudan south to Mozambique, west to Côte d’Ivoire and southwest to Angola, growing in upland regions at 600–2,250 m (1,970–7,380 ft) altitude.”
Wikipedia does not mention it but ours flowers only at night, giving off a very heady perfume. I have never seen anything to pollinate it and have never seen fruit on the plant.
The second two pictures were from the next morning:all finished, and and we’ll wait for next year.
Lovely, thanks!
beautiful and poignant…
Very beautiful. I wonder if it smells as beautiful as night blooming jasmine or gardenia. I love those perfumey smells. Thanks!
Wow. I’ve never seen those in flower!
Are flowers in tropical and subtropical areas more fragrant?
Given that your plant is in Thailand, but native to tropical Africa, is it possible you’ve never seen it pollinated because its pollinators are specific only to tropical Africa and therefore there are none in Thailand? Perhaps it requires a very specific pollinator?
Beautiful!