Woohoo!!! My yellow morning glory vines (ipomoea ochracea) are in bloom again. Had to show off the photos of these gorgeous bright lemon yellow blooms. The blooms are about 2.75" in diameter.
~ Cat (south tip of Texas)
This message was edited Nov 15, 2005 9:30 PM
Another photo of several blooms.
~ Cat (south tip of Texas)
Again, WoW!
Are these by any chance closely related to I. obscura? The leaf type and flower structure look very similar but the color is just awesome! Am I right in saying that the rays are a slightly deeper yellow than the rest of the corolla or am I just seeing things :)
-Zem
What a striking, bright color! Thanks for sharing the photos.
Susan
now thats pretty!!!! adding to my wish list. was a bad year for morning glories here. drought!!!
Thanks ya'll. The color is a bright lemon yellow...so unlike the i. obscura which is very pale and quite small. The throat on these babies is maroon.
Another thing I noticed is that the new leaves have a bronze sheen to them and appear very details...you can really see the veins and ridges...but as they grow out they turn a normal smooth green leaf. I've also seen many leaves where the tops parts of the heart shape overlap each other or come very close.
Here's a photo from earlier this year - you can see the difference in color on the new leaves.
~ Cat
..another photo of new leaf with bronze tone.
~ Cat
This one is a beauty.. Love those yellows.
oh boy, this is so pretty. The seeds I had did not germinate this year. The leaves look big. Hopefully this coming year I can get some going here. Thanks for sharing this photo.. just beautiful.
Sharing another photo...
~ Cat (south tip of Texas)
Flowers look great...How about a closeup of the flowerbud sepals and of the developing seedpods to add to the fund of pictorial knowledge on the differences in closely related species...the flowers look sort of like a larger and darker yellow Ipomoea obscura,but the pedicels remain pointed upwards towards the sky,yes(?)...in contrast to the seedpods of the Ipomoea obscura which reflex and point towards the ground...
The large yellow flowers on this one blend well with the nice healthy looking leaves...Nice plant photos...
Ahhh Ron,
It's dark out now...will have to see if I can take photos tomorrow when I get home from work...if it's not too dark - the sun sets much too soon nowadays. Will try to find new buds to photograph but I haven't noticed any seed pods forming yet Will look through all the vines. If not tomorrow then later during the week. Will also use a ruler for a reference point.
Don't even remember noticing if the pedicels point upward - but will photograph them and the sepals too.
~ Cat (south tip of Texas)
It is such a vivid yellow! Do you have any extra seeds that I could trade with you?
:) Donna
Ron - I d-mailed you some other photos I recently took.
Perennial - These vines started blooming a couple of weeks ago - I haven't seen any seed pods yet. Send me a reminder in a few weeks' time.
~ Cat
Okie, dokie. I will...thanks!
:) Donna
