Believe it or not, this flower is real - enormous, and looks like it is made of crepe paper! I didn't crop out the hand so that viewers can get a sense of the size of the flower.
Wow! It is beautiful! I've always wanted to grow a clematis but have never succeeded; brought seeds in from England but they obviously didn't like Africa!
@24atlantic They are quite popular here - we grow about 4 or 5 different ones (evergreen and deciduous) at the nursery. But nothing that flowers on this scale.
