Morning Glories 2011 #09

Also my volunteer with chachamaru in the back.

Helena, wonderful blooms. How nice to see a Chachamaru bloom.
Your 1st bloom, is that Blushing Bride?, whatever it is , it's a beauty.

My Blushing Bride tried to open this morning. I don't know what to make of all the deformed 1st blooms
I;m getting. And now, deformed blooms on my no Mai too after they were normal yesterday.
My top bloom was fine but the prettier dark pink one was all messed up.

Blushing Bride

Thanks to A for sharing Blushing Bride sds

Akatsuki no Mai bloom today, this pattern #2 bloom was normal. Large blooms at 5 inches across


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This bloom is from my Weird Saz sds, the one on the front porch last yr, the prettiest of all my blooms.
This is a lighter color, not the almost turquoise like last yrs blooms. I like it anyway cause I love the pattern.

Rabenda x Pres Bush, trying to wilt in the horrible heat
Becky thanks for sharing these sds with me. In 09, this was my best blooming mg

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My Fuji no Sora cross finally bloomed today. These blooms not true to my original bloom in 09. They
could change though so I'll just wait and see.

One more since I'm just so happy to have a few blooms, lol

Adina - So glad you found this thread and reposted your pretty blooms! They are beautiful, but not nearly as cute as that grandson of yours! :-)

Debra, Helena, & Jackie - Drooling over all your beautiful blooms! What a sight for sore eyes! Not much in the way of blooms here at all. My indoor vines must be resting up for the next big bloom flush or dying back. LOL! And my outdoor blooms have been pelleted by rain, so pretty sad to see no MG blooms here currently.

Jackie - My first bloom or two often come out deformed too. But luckily, subsequent blooms will be shaped as they should. :-) Many of my crosses don't come true from seeds. Actually most won't be exactly like the mother vine, so it's always a surprise to see what each year brings. Thank goodness for photos to preserve those blooms forever! :-)

Helena - Love your volunteer! :-)

Debra - Love your little Fuji bloom! Nice color on that one!

Becky, You're so right about crosses. I have enough sds I can try again to get the no Sora cross later.

Helena, love your last bloom you posted that came out of the Choco Mix, a stunning bloom.

I am sorry I don't have names atm for these..

Beautiful blooms Debra, love those colors togather.

thanks Jackie, I can't seem to go to bed at a decent time these days.. so here is another one that I got to see this am..

Here are a few more new bloomers
#1

#2

#3

#4
9-Spokes

#5

Thanks Jackie and Becky.

Lot's of beautiful blooms everyone!!

Tony's mg with old camera.

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I'm showing pics of the rest of my blooms with my newer camera, I can get better close ups but on some the color seems to be a bit lighter. Like on Lav-plum

Blushing Bride here.

A bloom from Tsukiyono

From 2009 seed a NOID

Saz #2

Close up of my volunteer mg

Lav chiffon

And last Pink Porcelain.

Nice blooms everyone!

Debra - I love your Youjiro/Fuji (spoked) blooms! Especially that light lavender one! What beautiful blooms all of them!

Jackie - I agree.

Y'all - I am pretty much over the name game. Seems many don't come true from seeds because of being crossed or a recessive gene shows up in future generations. I can honestly say that probably the majority of mine will not come true from seeds. Many will be crosses and some will show other characteristics that didn't show up in the original vine. To me they are probably better categorized by Youjiro, Kikyo, Akatsuki (Dawn), Hama (Beach), Heian, Hige, and the rest fall into a descriptive series such as Fujishibori (speckles), Blizzards, or etc. The ones that do seem to come close to true may continue to be labeled by the Japanese name, but my experience has been that many are likely not true either. I've gotten seeds in the original seed packets from Japan and still got some surprises! Which of course is the wonder of I. nils, IMHO! Love those surprises!

Species names are the only true name and even then, some rare seeds may be a cross between species. http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Asagao/Yoneda_DB/E/species/hybrids.html I know many here have gotten seeds labeled one thing, yet got something totally different or unlike the mother vine. So ... are names really a good indicator of a vine cultivar ... Especially for I. nils? Probably not. That's my personal opinion about the name game. Maybe that is why Kyushu University assigns their vines numbers instead of names! LOL!

Helena - Your volunteer MG is really pretty! :-)

More of my *Crosses* from today - old and new
Black Queen *Still True*

no name yet *Still True* now 3-years

New Striated Mauve

Another Still True

F2 Still True

New cross Lavender Blizzard

Black Queen is BEAUTIFUL, and that is true!

Helena your blooms are always gorgeous.
Emma, I am glad you have some stables.
Thanks, Becky and all.. It is a rare thing to see any blooms at the moment. ( in this area, anyway)

Thank you Debra,
Same here with the heat. Really amazing that these MGs can still be alive and blooming

Great blooms Helena. Your volunteer is a beauty and Lav Chiffon is gorgeous.

Emma, pretty blooms.. Love the Lav Blizzard

Debra, Love the Blue Fuji with the yellow blooms close by

Thanks Jackie

Thanks Jackie, Debra and Becky!!!

Helena - That bloom is gorgeous!!!! WOW!!!! Color clear down it's throat, too! Nice!!!