Posted May 31, 2023 by Nicholas Hellmuth
The sac nicte’ flower was respected by the Classic Maya for thousands of years. The wonderful aroma of these flowers late at night was very attractive, as were the bright colors of several color variants.
Our goal at FLAAR is to find, photograph, and document as many locations throughout the entire Republic of Guatemala where Plumera rubra is wild. These large shrubs or often small trees are native to Guatemala, Mexico and surrounding countries. Another species is in Belize and elsewhere. All wild Plumeria rubra are white with small middle area of yellow. Most that grow in gardens are red, maroon, pink, pure yellow or dark colors (these colors are never wild; only in gardens, but these colors were already in gardens of the Maya when the Spanish arrived).