Morning Glories: Another reason to grow Japanese Morning Glories..., 0 by atenkley

atenkley wrote:
pweelee, thanks for the nice comments. As for seed, I purchased mine on the internet, but didn't get these results until the second generation. I have plans to create an explanation of how to select the seedlings for what the Japanese call the "second hand article of appreciation", like these, which are sterile, and for the plants to save seed from. It is all very fascinating and takes a little more effort, as one must grow several seedlings to even get one of these plants with feathered flowers. I have saved seed which I am now proofing to determine if they carry all the right genes. I do have plans to share at a later date to increase their "appreciation" here in the states!

X, yes the leaves are curled! Part of the name of this type of mutation is "water nail dragon claw leaved." The edges are curled, thus hold "water" (if they were right side up!) and the rest I guess refers to their shape! This particular "system" has yellow leaves, so this in conjunction with the slower growth habit of the other mutations makes for a small statured plant. These plants were started the first week of September. I am using some salvaged wire tomato cages that I had around which have dwarfed these small plants! The small nature of the flowers and the close-up photography may have made this wire look like "pipes"!!

I've seen the shredded Brugmansias also. I believe that the "mechanics" of flower development is probably similar to this feathered gene in JMG's.

Here is an "appreciation" version of the leaf!