Here is another set of pictures of six pointed flowers on a Brugmansia. This is a rare occurrence, with almost all flowers being five pointed. It is kind of like finding a four leaf clover. Only I have enough to see it maybe a bit more often than that. Most of mine are in the B.suaveolens or hybrids with it so it seems more common there.
This one is one of my own named after my oldest daughter, Kaia
It is the result of a yellow and pink cross of two other B.suaveolens.
It has maintained both the yellow and pink coloring, or I guess the pink is pretty orange... but knowing it was crossed with Brugmansia 'Frosty Pink' I see the link.
I made the cross and grew this out from seedlings about 6-8 years ago. It has had many sets of six pointers usually with the first flush of flowers after each rest. By rest I mean that this type flowers in flushes throughout the growing season then rests or produces few if any blooms for a period before setting lots of bugs again. This is a common pattern for Brugmansias.
The orana-pink is sometimes a darker...
Here is the plant from a distance to get an idea of size and what it looks like in flower.
It is a medium to smaller sized Brugmansia, growing 4-8 feet depending on your pruning or feeding. Thanks for looking! I have some more pics of a white six-pointer, but will get to that later to still make this seem like a special occurrence!
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