Very atmospheric photo!
Needless to say, I also got a brunfelsia this year but it is jamaicensis, no sign of blooms yet.
Anyone else comparing brunfelsia varieties cares to share their notes??

This is a terrible forum for fueling further plant obsessions! ;)
Kemistry has been urging me to get a B. jamaicensis for some time now. He says the scent is similar to gigantea however superior saying it has a fruity scent like ripe mangoes. He's terrible. I totally want to ditch my lactea and maybe my densifolia/densiflora and replace it with a jamaicensis. :)

-Robert

Absolutely beautiful Robert!!! I love it as always :)

Mike

Thanks, Mike!

Nature has proven me wrong yet again.
This morning I could smell the sweet perfume from B. lactea at 10:30am (I currently have two open blooms).
I might have to re-evaluate this brunfelsia. And here I was trying to thin my herd. :P

-Robert

I have 4 flowers on my B gigantea and omg the fragrance is incredible this evening. I'm starting to appreciate this plant more and more! :)

Oh yes, this is a horrible bunch of people, lol. :P Thanks guys! First Mike started raving about them and now I after seeing this thread I have to get another one...or two.

Still waiting for my Isola to bloom. Actually, it has produced buds a couple of times already this year, but those buds fried in the sun. Seems like Brunfelsia Isola needs shade at least during mid-day here or else it will start to wilt and the foliage can get fried. I'm leaving mines in full shade now just to be safe.

Yes. This forum is super bad at feeding addictions. Laugh.
I'm with Kemistry. Go for B. gigantea!
So sorry to hear about your Isola. :(
I've got a small Isola (no buds yet) and you're right, they don't like full sun (at least not during the middle of the day).
Mine gets full sun for an hour or two in the morning then dappled light until I get home in the evening when I move it back to full sun for an hour or so.

The only brunfelsia I have that receives full sun all day is densiflora/densifolia.

-Robert