Princess Of Petals

I decided to post this uncropped version.

I like the way the forest bows to the bloom.

I was quite surprised to find such a perfect flower outdoors so late in the year. But this is Gainesville. Some parts of the city can tolerate the cold with a good protection of canopy and other areas are open to the elements.

This was taken on an overcast day with a bit of moisture.

 

 

Thanks to a photographer on Wunderground we have an ID:

Brugmansia is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae, native to subtropical regions of South America, along the Andes from Colombia to northern Chile, and also in southeastern Brazil. They are known as Angel's Trumpets, sharing that name with the closely related genus Datura. Brugmansia are long-lived, woody trees or bushes, with pendulous, not erect, flowers, that have no spines on their fruit. Datura species are herbaceous bushes with erect (not pendulous) flowers, and most have spines on their fruit.

Angel's Trumpets

 

 

Done