Morning Glories 2005 #24

moby - the sepals visible on the sideview of your blue flower are Ipomoea tricolor...I'm tending to think that you have two different species twining together...if you've got 'hairy' Ipomoea tricolor,then you are the only person in the world who does...Ipomoea tricolor always (!) has smooth leaves and stems...that glabrous feature is a defining feature for the species...if you can show the type of sepals you posted connected to a hairy stem,then you have made scientific history...or,just have some different species that are so(!) intertwined that it is very difficult to tell them apart...any hairy stems are most likely from I.purpurea,I.nil or Ipomoea hederacea...


The darkened area at the base of the tube on Gourds orangey-yellow is present in Ipomoea obscura as well as others,like Turbina corymbosa,which is in a different genus altogether...I'm more interested in the exact shape and features of the sepals as per any ID related aspects...perhaps this color form can be selected out for a cultivar that will bloom earlier in most of the contiguous US states...the plant must bloom(!) first before it can be selected out any further...we'll hope for the best...

This message was edited Oct 1, 2005 5:34 PM

You folks grumbling about the cold..............send us half of what you have and I for one will be happy............the heat index all week has been between 105 and 117, now I know south Texas is known for heat but this is new even to me and I have been in this area almost my whole life.
Wow never do I remember this terriable heat and my age is making it even hotter............no wonder my MG's up and died...........


This is one of Emmas Chocolate Tye Dyes that I brough inside for the storm and then left it in because it was just to hot out. I am hoping to get some seed from it before it dies on me as well. These are the first few blooms it has and the vine is looking poorly.........

Dee

And here it is fully opend, I took it outside so I can take a better photo..............It is not exactly a tye dye but pretty anyway..........I love the "Chocolate and Rose" silks or any Mauve, they are just about my favorite. Until you come to a pink, purple or blue and then they are to...........LOL

It was a hot one here today also.. the JP MGs do not do well here in this area at all. They all look sick-like.. maybe things will get better in a few weeks.

We have been having temperatures from a low of 31 a couple nights ago, to near 90 now. It seems to be doing some very interesting things to the colors of my JMG. Here are a couple of my Asuka NOT's showing much more pink than ever before.

And Asuka's blooms are beautiful multicolors.

My normally royal blue and white Tie Dye has developed a blue star in some of the blooms.

Another with the blue star.

A Tie Dye with hot pink in it.

Akathoukinounnit with a purple area.

Only Fuji No Momo is the same as ever. The bee seems to like it and it continues to bloom heavily.

Ron, is the species of this morning glory nil? I would like to add it to the plant file, but can't find any information on it. Thanks.

Susan

This message was edited Oct 2, 2005 1:02 PM

Compare how different today's bloom is from this Asuka NOT a few days ago.

lincolnitess - the cold temperatures usually impair the usual formation of pigments the way the pigments would show during the warmer temperatures,so,the blue pigments that are usually the outer layer on the flower are not forming completely on your Asuka Not and so the more pinkish undercoat is more visible...the lighter blue pigment that ordinarilly covers the outer surface of your Blue Tie Dye is not forming the same and is showing more of the darker undercoat at the maion folds...The Akathukinoumi seems to be showing the same loss of upper coating pigment where it seems to have gotten 'nipped' by the cold...the cold can cause the flowers to look similar to the way they look when the pigments are disintegrating as the flower ages...the same type of pigment changes that cause normally 'green' colored leaves to look red for the 'Autumnal Look' as the different colored pigments become more visible...
The Fuji No Momo is one of the hybrids that Dr.Yoneda developed and is a hybrid of Ipomoea purpurea and Ipomoea nil...although the sepals still retain the look of the I.nil sepals...

This ends 2 out of 3 mysteries for me . . . I was finally able to see the flowers this am, so took pix.

This is my Star of Yelta . .

Here is my Shibori . . . if you squint, you can see a little pink flake.

And here is my purple flaked . . .

That only leaves one set of mystery vines . . . I THINK it might be Early Call - Blue, but I'll have to sneak up on it when it has a flower.

Nicholejean - The picture you posted of the 'Star of Yelta' looks very(!) close to what the first batches of "Grandpa Ott's" that I grew looked like...with a very fuschia type of coloration to the throat area... and dark fuschia star...

This message was edited Oct 2, 2005 9:57 PM

heian No Kagayaki,2nd bloom

Heian No Izumi

Dainagon

Golgi the last two are just gorgeous. I have always been a sucker for strong colours and that cerise one is just jummy.
Janett

READ before you look at the pic
I promissed you that I would post a pic today, but I did not get the pic I wanted so I did this one instead. EmmaGrace you have to excuse me for taking one of your pictures and changed it a little bit.
Because it was and is such hollabaloo about colours i did this for fun :0)
I also have taken a small pice from each flower and put it in the other at a similar place where lights enter the flower
Janett

Janett,

You are quite the maven with the photo editing software! Wow!

Joseph

I only have the ordinary windows paint.Background/accent colour can really trick the eye from seing the right colours. thats why I changed it.
Janett

This message was edited Oct 7, 2005 12:36 AM

I've been wondering why the "Chocolates" have very different amounts of white edging. And how they differ from "Chocolate Silk" and "Chocolate Rose".

Great work Janett! Nice and clear.

mg

Janett,
I LOVE IT.
You do good work, and you are hired....lol

Emma

LOL. could you find the small squares.
Janett

Okej. can you help me and the girl I bought this from.
I promissed her to try to find out the whole thing or as much as I can from you guys. Its a little blurry but it was the best photo she had.
Janett

Woo Hoo Seed snatching at its best... here are some pics of the flowers that I snatched seeds from today and yesterday :)

My mom's neighbors house

Mom's house

another of mom's

mom's again

last one from mom's

the abandoned house up the road

edited for spelling

This message was edited Oct 10, 2005 5:49 PM

WOW. that is some serious seed snatching. congrats
Janett

Thanks Janett :)

Janis

Janis - how is the double throated pod coming along(?)...

fell off :(

And here we have another site of beautifull Morning Glorys
Scroll down .2003 link, then scroll down again :0)
Janett
http://www.poporo.ne.jp/~kondoh/asagao/