Morning Glories: MGs of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 0 by atenkley

atenkley wrote:
I have one of the Playa del Carmen Ipomoea hederacea plants in the garden, growing between a cordate leaved and an ivy leaved I, hederacea from locally collected seed.

Interestingly, the local cordate plant was a "flowering machine". It formed flower buds at every leaf axil, starting from the very first true leaf on the plant. The ivy leaf plant started blooming probably 6 weeks later than the cordate, and then only when the plant had substantial size.

Both of these plants were attacked by rust when the rains came, as were all of my JMG's. This rust quite quickly consumes the leaf and it dies and falls off. (I have had several JMG's get decimated and actually die.) Both the cordate and the ivy leaf plants are finished blooming now, and the rust has taken its toll.

Now....the Playa del Carmen plant between these two is unscathed by the rust. I can not find even a spot on any of its leaves. It has not flowered yet....the plant is getting monsterous in size, and I still do not see any flower buds.... It's leaves look somewhat like the local ivy leaf, but are larger and have a greater substance...feeling thicker.

Here is a picture of the top side of the Playa del Carmen . hederacea.... showing some insect damage...

This message was edited Jul 6, 2007 9:05 PM