08/23/09
Daily Archives: August 23, 2009
08/23/09
A Day in the Life of Datura
I have posted previously about Sacred Datura (“Jimson Weed,” “Georgia O’Keefe’s Flower”). Over the last day I had the opportunity to photograph a bud just as it was barely opening at 4:23 pm yesterday (yes, that dirty yellow-green color is typical at that stage, believe it or not!), as it was beginning to unfurl at 7:28 pm last evening (already white by then), and in its full glory at 7:57 am today. It is already wilting. A short, interesting, and spectacular life.
![datura bud datura bud](http://swdesertgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0668daturabudbokehsmall.jpg)
datura bud
![datura bud beginning to unfurl datura bud beginning to unfurl](http://swdesertgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0679daturabudsmall.jpg)
datura bud beginning to unfurl
![fully open datura fully open datura](http://swdesertgardening.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/IMG_0703_4_5daturasmall.jpg)
fully open datura