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These are in order by date and time... The first 4 are from 2012 - The rest from Dec 1 to Dec 5th , 2013 Note that in 2013 blooms are farther apart on the stalk and not so big.
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It burst into bloom 17.31 on Dec 5th and has full fragrance
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It burst into bloom 17.31 on Dec 5th and has full fragrance

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  • Flowering Corn Plant (<i>dracaena fragrans</i>) <p> This is the first time this dracena has flowered since I've had it , which is, I believe, well over 20 years. see next photo for the whole plant as it is now. It certainly is fragrant! And there are little droplets of nectar on some of the blooms. <p> <br>The fragrance was very strong and I had no idea at first that this plant produced it... you will see in the next photo where the plant is in my living room. The blooms are way at the tippy top of the plant, near the ceiling. I thought someone had been cleaning a neighboring apartment with some cleaning agent that was over-the-top scented. It was very strong in the early evening on the day of my 76th birthday (Dec. 10) I couldn't find the source... the next morning it had faded a lot... the next evening I asked a friend to come over and help me sniff out the source - we were baffled. By coincidence, my downstairs neighbors had moved and the apartment was newly painted and prepared for next occupants and an apartment in the next building was also being redone. It wasn't until much later last night (Dec 11) that I happened to look up into that corner as I was setting up lights to photograph something on the big table in the living room. I spent the next hour doing studio shots of it - this one, I think, was the best of the lot. Then this morning I did the quick natural light one that you will see when you hit "next". the plant is also called the fortune plant. My friend Nora gave it to me when she moved out of her apartment. It was interesting to discover how seldom this species flowers and to think how lucky I was that it did so for me to see.
  • Flowering Corn Plant <i>dracaena fragrans</I>
  • The dracaena, as I first saw it on Dec 11th (second day of flowering). about 10 pm - it was sitting on a tall stand here.
  • Corn Plant <i>Dracaena fragrans </I> It flowers rarely - the fragrance is intense and it flowered for the first time on my birthday! IF you happen upon this shot, go back one to see the close-up and more of the story. Incidentally, the fragrance is especially strong in the early evening, about the time the radiator in the living room is going full blast but after there is no more light coming in the window. I'm browsing around for photos of it in its younger days and trying to figure out just how long it has lived in my apartment.
  • <i>Dracaena fragrans</i> or Flowering Corn Plant. This is the second time ever that it has flowered. the first time was last year and it wasnt noticed until the flowers were fragrant and much larger. That was on Dec 10th, 2012 I'm hoping it will reach that stage again this year. (double watermark as smugmug automatically puts my undated one on when I load a photo.)
  • dracaena fragrans December 1st then December 3rd - The top photo was taken hand held at 1/13 - sorries... a bit too soft.<br /> hit NEXT to see a close-up of the blooms today
  • December 1st - wondering if it will have larger blossoms by Dec 10
  • Dracaena, December 3rd, 2013 - the blossoms are growing but still no fragrance
  • It burst into bloom 17.31 on Dec 5th and has full fragrance
  • dracaena installation view Dec 5
  • dracaena3909
  • Dracaena 17:34 on dec 5th - I need a proper macro lens
  • the dracaena on 12/06/2013
  • Close-up Dracaena blossoms on 12/06/13
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