Morning Glories: MGs of Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico, 1 by atenkley

atenkley wrote:
I had the good fortune of a company paid trip for my wife and I to a beautiful resort in this area of Mexico in mid January of this year. I saw lots of beautiful butterflies, which you can see here: http://davesgarden.com/journal/d/t/atenkley/4287/

On one of my walks in the late afternoon, I came upon some MG vines with seed pods. Like any good afficionado, I rescued a few pods for trial at home. This was one small area about 20 feet long. I noticed a difference in the leaves and the pods at each end of this area, but thought them to be just variations of the same species. I was feeling pretty good, because I knew that the pods on the north end had to be Ipomoea hederacea and the ones on the south end were some variation...I thought excitedly. I did keep pods from both areas separate, made mental note, took a few pictures and was on my way with a smile on my face. Once home I labeled the packets as I. hederacea and thought I would grow the seed from the larger pods of the northern part to compare with the local Alabama I. hederacea seed I had collected earlier.

To compare the growing plants, I have Journal entries to document their growth etc.

Baldwin County, AL I. hederacea - ivy leaf: http://davesgarden.com/journal/j/vbc/atenkley/47273/

Baldwin County, AL I. hederacea - heart leaf: http://davesgarden.com/journal/j/vbc/atenkley/47272/

Mexican I. hederacea: http://davesgarden.com/journal/j/vbc/atenkley/47274/ ( these are from seeds of the northern part of the collection area)


I basically forgot about the pictures until this evening.....now I'm thinking I could have I. hederacea from the north end and I. nil from the south end....

What do you think?


Here are seed pods from the north end: