Six Point Brugmansia

I am not sure which is more common this or four leaf clovers, but these are special...  a six point Brugmansia, an offspring of Jamaican Yellow:

Now this is not a lucky new mutation, just something a plant will do once in a great while, usually younger plants or the on of the first spring flowers.  In my experience I have also only seen in my Brugmansia suaveloens relatives.  Most flowers are only five points like this one on the same plant:

So like finding a four leaf clover it is an occasion to grab the camera, call anyone who'd care, etc.  So with out more words here is a series of nice shoots of one...

Brugmansia Pink Perfection

Here is an amazing double Brugmansia.   Here in California along the coast up North and in the South where frost is rare the Double White is very common, but rarely to never is a colored double found.

I have collect a few through online trades and the like, but even with in the couple yellower and pink doubles this one stands out.  The inner flower drops down and out of the outer flower on almost all flowers.  Sometimes several inches.

Anyone else remembering the Alien movies?  I sure am, only nothing to fear here.

These are also very highly scented at night.  Many pinks are not--but these pinks are related to the double whites more than those.  There are several major groups and probably 7 species of Brugmansia with different characteristics.  If your curious see http://www.ibrugs.com/Resources/BrugmansiaComparisons.aspx, http://www.erowid.org/plants/brugmansia/brugmansia.shtml, or do your Googling.

The pink color is also quite dark.  For years I had seen pictures of dark orange and pink but all I ever saw with my own eyes were mostly white with a hint of color.  All Brugmansia are variable in color to a degree, affected by weather, time of year, feeding, watering, etc. but this one is always a good pink by the time the inner flower has opened.

 

And I have been hybridizing these with other doubles and shredded white.  These seeds are from the improved Double White, another with good drop on the inner flower.

 

 These seed pods, on doubles especially, have interesting attachment scares between the stem and the seed pod.  Or at least it is to me.