Datura flowering

[Gimli]

A SAB member sent me 4 very young seedlings late last year.

 

For the last few months they have been pumping out flowers (over 40) exactly like this as far as the double corolla and the messy thing in the middle?

 

Until this morning, when one plant did this

 

 

It looks like this is the first flower that might actually go to fruit. Is it an environmental reason for this stark difference or do some plants flower even if not sexually mature? Is that even possible? (sorry if this is a stupid question)

 

Thanks!

 

Edit: plants are all well watered, never seen any sign of wilting, sunburn, deficiencies and no change in ferts etc

 

Edit 2: all 4 plants have been producing flowers like the first photo and 1 of them (obviously) produced the flower in the second photo. 

Edited March 29, 2018 by Gimli

[ace1928]

They are really nice flowers

[DualWieldRake]

^^

 

My daturas had some variation too that sparked my interest, all where pure white expect a few that had a purple tint.

Not only where they purple the smell of the flowers was different too, and the stems where smooth opposed to the hairy stems on the white flowered ones.

 

I had read something about how the back row was supposed to be able do that, wich corresponded with my situation. No idea about the story behind it

 

Later on i found more purple ones in a different patch, these did have the hairy stems

[sagiXsagi]

very nice blooms! 

 

you did not clarify if the different one occured in a different plant, which would indicate there was some variation in the seed that produced that seedlings. 

 

also, daturas might flower even when small, its a seasonal thing and less related with the size I would say..