Here's an MG family member you don't see all that often. I germinated seed received from the curator of plants at a closeby botanical garden last winter and put the plants up in large pots. I allowed them to climb around in the greenhouse where they could get better humidity and winter warmth. My reward is now several vines crawling all over the trusses of the greenhouse with thousands of unopened buds. This morning was the first opening of buds. This is Convolvulaceae member steeped in the historical lore of the Aztec, Maya, Huichol, Chinatec, Zapotec and Mazatec indians and also known as Ololiuqui. A liqueur is made from the nectar of the flower called Xtabentun or "The Jewel Cordial". An exciting day for us to finally see this rather obscure plant flowering.
