The first few real summer nights, when the backyard is too enchanting to leave before dark, we wait for the evening primrose to open. The plant is a tidy rosette of jaggedy, dandelion-looking leaves, with a little flock of pointed, pale green buds bobbing six inches above.
The unfurling is easy to miss, if you are not there, reclining on the sidewalk with a cocktail in hand. The sheath splits, and then... Well, you can see for yourself, right here (this is in real time, not sped up).
I *believe* this is Oenothera flava or triloba or acutissima, but I am not sure of species. The song is Picador by Calexico, from the Hot Rail album.
2 comments:
So cool! I would have thought that was stop action if you hadn't said it was real time. Mexcellent.
What a fabulous video! It's amazing it's real time too. I'm planning to sow some of our native Oenothera hookeri this fall, I wonder if it unfurls at the same rate? I'll definitely have to watch for it!
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