I did end up taking these into the house and the fragrance was marvelous. The flowers gradually opened as the evening progressed and the fragrance followed. I think it seemed to peak around 2am, but fragrance is hard to quantify. These are lovely flowers (see my blog at Macgardens.org <http://www.macgardens.org/> . I ended up deciding these were Hesperantha falcata since they seemed to fit the objective criteria and there was at least Hesperantha falcata listed in the NARGS distribution for 2013 where these seeds came from. I will check out the corms and share pictures once they go dormant. > On Mar 16, 2015, at 11:24 PM, John Willis <macjohn@mac.com> wrote: > > Great suggestion. Mine seem to be a little more brown than red on the back side of the petals, but I guess that could be a variation. None of the other Hesperantha seem to fit. I will try it on the inside of the house tomorrow night. > >> On Mar 16, 2015, at 10:58 PM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org <mailto:msittner@mcn.org>> wrote: >> >> At 07:40 PM 3/16/2015, you wrote: >>> I've grown some pretty white flowers in the greenhouse that only open at night. This is probably something that some folks in the PBS are quite familiar with but it's new one for me. >> >> My guess is Hesperantha cucullata. Bring it indoors and see if it fills your house with fragrance. I once found three or four differently labeled seeds from seed exchanges once they bloomed were all this plant. Most, but not all were very fragrant at night. No fragrance during the day however. >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… <http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > Gardens get wilder every day … > MacGardens <http://www.macgardens.org/> > > > Gardens get wilder every day … MacGardens <http://www.macgardens.org/> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/