Desert Rose & ??? blooming

[serenityinbamboo]

My first Desert Rose blossom is here...



I am not sure as to what this is, but I absolutely love it...



It blooms every year, and as you can tell by the picture, it changes color.
If anyone knows what it is, please let me know.

[rob e]

Hi serenity
That is a beautiful plant!
Is it a vine? and what about seeds?(hint)
let's hope someone knows.

[serenityinbamboo]

Hey Rob! It really is neat. It starts out as a pod and transforms into the flower through various stages and colors. I do not know if I would classify it a vine but, it definitely goes everywhere, holds on with it's leaf tips and gets to be maybe 3-4 feet long.





If you want some pods/seeds send me a message with your address and when they become viable I will send them.

[Impaler]

Me too!?

I don't know what the heck it is, but that second one is gorgeous! If you have seeds, or whatever, I'd like to lay claim to a few.

...kinda looks like fire....pretty...

Lemme know,
Dan

[BooKing]

The flower looks similar to Cleome.

[ChrisM]

I believe it is called a fire lily. A friend sent me some pics of a plant he photographed a few months back.
Chris

[BooKing]

Sounds like that's it. The foliage keyed me in on the lily part but I have never seen that flower. Quite stunning.

[serenityinbamboo]

Yeah Impaler, you too

Well I "Googled" cleome and fire lilly and neither one looked like mine.
Similar, but no.

Any other suggestions I have had this plant come back every year for the last 10 years and I do not know what it is called or how I ever acquired it. When we bought our house I had redone the flower beds and put in new ground, soil, plants... unless it was dormant in one of those

[Joseph Clemens]

Try Adenium = http://www.cactus-mall.com/andre/

Try Flame Lily (Gloriosa rothschildiana) = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_lily

[serenityinbamboo]

Great websites Joseph and thank you! I can't wait for my rose to get as large as some of those photos! Nice to finally have a name to my "Flame Lily", just surprised to hear all parts are poisonous All these years

Well Rob and Dan, do you still want me to send seeds