Chalice Vine

It took ages for this one to start blooming.

I'm surprised that I didn't take these pictures and put them in my blog.
I guess that I took this one for granted.

Basically this is one of the hardy ones.

I have to constantly prune them as they are so invasive - this plant have aerial roots and can easily fall on another and choke on them.

A good pruning will actually help to keep them in check and they do well especially when all the energy is used for blooming.

Unchecked and un-pruned -they will continue to grow and branch out with long messy vine - branching out everywhere but rarely flower.

They need good sun for them to bloom - won't bloom in shaded areas.

Apart from that,

It is truly a beautiful flowering plant to have.

The flowers will last for 3 days - blooming towards midnight

When morning, the flower looks more immaculate - light cream coloured.

Then as it matured - they yellow is more evident and finally by the last day,

in the evening - the whole flower fades it's trumpet and falls off.

It does not have fragrance - not that I had noticed 

(unless they are noctural - perhaps the fragrance is evident during midnight)

I still wonder what creature visit these flowers.