Morning Glories: First Bloom - Quintana Roo, Mexico MG, 1 by atenkley

atenkley wrote:
Ron, I did read your description of the subtle differences of the sepal characteristics of Ipomoea hederacea and nil. That was very helpful and I went back and reviewed my original post describing the collection of seed and now see another reason why you called one nil and the other hederacea. I've got a plant of the nil seed growing right now, but it has not bloomed yet. No buds are evident, so it may not make it before frost....

Here is a close up of the hederacea sepals showing the characteristics you described. I think a cross section of these sepals would create a cresent shape, which is I believe what you refer to as the "inner edges of the sepals turned up."

Arlan