My Moon Flower in Favorite Pictures

I am usually quite bored by white flowers, but I have to say my Moon Flowers have really piqued my curiosity. There is a luminescence borrowed, no doubt, from its namesake. Each giant flower blooms twice before it is spent, and in its place grows a rather large, and spiney seed pod. I suspect that by next spring, this plant will have grown to the rooftop. And the fragrance...I can't even describe it.

The best time to photograph them is early morning when the pinking of the sky is reflected in her petals.

And she's not just a straight up white flower. She is frocked in a pastel purple(favorite color), and tipped by a green-tinged purple curlicue.