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Fortune Plant Flower

Dracenea Fragrans

Description:

Flowers of the Dracanea Fragrans. The flower produces a very fragrant smell at night and displays a vibrant green color when under UV light.

Habitat:

Found in a garden located in a residential area.

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14 Comments

Jan Cls
Jan Cls 6 years ago

thanks Jason! I saw a documentary about how fishes see and reflect light at great depths and I was trying to see if there are flowers that behave the same way in the darkness!

Jan Cls
Jan Cls 6 years ago

I just added a daylight photo amolpandit!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 6 years ago

Woah! I love how you put them under the UV light! That's similar with how some insects see those flowers! :)

Jan Cls
Jan Cls 6 years ago

thanks armadeus!

armadeus.4
armadeus.4 6 years ago

Very cool! Thank you for sharing Jan :)

Jan Cls
Jan Cls 6 years ago

Thanks Greg!

Jan Cls
Jan Cls 6 years ago

It really is Leuba!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 6 years ago

Interesting !

Jan Cls
Jan Cls 6 years ago

@amolpandit, yes that is correct. I'll upload another photo later amolpandit.

Greg Shchepanek
Greg Shchepanek 6 years ago

Very cool plant...love the photos 😀

AmolPandit
AmolPandit 6 years ago

Hi Jan...all photos seems with UV light...do you have photo of this interesting plant in normal light even if it wont glow in normal light..

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

Photo No. 3, is a beautiful photo....also, beautiful colors....

Jan Cls
Jan Cls 6 years ago

thanks @amolpandit!

AmolPandit
AmolPandit 6 years ago

Wow...3rd pic very nice

Jan Cls
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Jan Cls

Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

Spotted on Jan 22, 2018
Submitted on Feb 7, 2018

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