White is White Contest Challenge: The Amazing White Datura Flower

Datura is the most amazing flower I've ever seen.

This is how the magic starts. Below you can see the pod, preparing to open and you can see the flower bud, which is a light khaki and it's fully twisted.

In a couple of hours the bud comes out of the pod and starting to unfold.

This is the most amazing and most beautiful part of the process. Look at the bud below, it's still khaki but it's lighter already.

This is a close up to see the magic :)

In a couple of hours the bud looks like this. It's starting to open, to unfold and it's not khaki any more but it's not white either. It's a very light purple or pink. This is the best part of the blooming. I love it when it looks like this.

And the magic goes away :) This is the fully open flower! It's white :)

And now comes the fun part:

• the datura flower only blooms once,
• one can have many flowers almost the same time,
• it opens at night,
• it opens in a couple of hours,
• the flower lives for max 2 - 3 days.

This is based on what I've seen in our garden, not based on a scientific study.

The bottom line: I had to watch the flower from noon to late in the evening to catch all the phases of the opening :D These flowers are planted in the front yard. I had to go out almost hourly to see the blooming evolution and to catch the best part of it. It was late night when I finished my documentary :D And it was fully open in the morning.

After the flowers wither, the seeds starting to grow in these pods.

Note: This is not a flower for balcony or indoor spaces. It takes up a lot of space and grows high. This is definitely for outside gardens.

I am posting this for the White is White Contest Challenge by @dmcamera, with Wednesday's category of Flowers