Ipomoea hardingii???

Anyone ever heard of this? It was out of Paxton's Botanical Magazine, very old. Was this before they changed catagories. Anyone know what they are referring to? Inquiring minds want to know.....
Beth

Do you have seeds for that one ?

No! I don't even know if they exist! I'm trying to find out if this name was reclassified and changed or what it is referring to. It certainly has the form of a MG but we no longer use the name (as far as I know),
Beth

i may be wrong but i think it may be a sweet pottoe vine from one of the Ilands ron wouls know tho

Baolvera - Beth I think the species is probably Ipomoea harlingii...it's still a valid name for a relatively obscure species from Ecuador...if you find any let me know...

TTY,...

Ron

Well, at least I know the country they came from. This was an obscure botany print that caught my eye, but I will now be aware there is an actual plant and keep my eye open for seeds.

Okay, I emailed every Davesgarden person in Ecuador (about 16) asking them about native species of morning glories. Maybe I will get a response....
Beth

It is awesome looking, just look at those leaves!

Joseph

Beth - There's at least 100 different species of MG's that are native to Ecuador...so,if you get anyone that is seriously interested...let me know...some may be along roadsides,but others may be 'off of the beaten path'...a Global Plotting System unit helps alot to get to locations where just the longitude any latitude are known...

TTY,...

Ron

I got answers from my native MG queries from: Pakistan, Brazil, Spain, Granada, Armenia and Turkey. If these people follow through and collect actual seeds it would really be great! Brazil should be especially interesting, I'm sure they have many species.
Beth

baolvera - Sounds great(!)...I'm still working on trying to collect seeds from species that are native to the US as well as enjoying species from around the world...I've received seeds from Belize*,Bolivia,Cuba,East Timor,Guyana,Hong Kong,New Caledonia,Philipines,Singapore and Taiwan that I'm still working on having them grown out and hopefully idenitified...

There are some moonvines native to Hawaii and the Caribbean that I'd like to acquire...

Many of the West Indies and other West Atlantic Islands that are often visited by US tourists have MG's that have not yet entered into cultivation...
areas e.g.,Antigua and Barbuda*,Aruba*,Bahamas*,Barbados*,Bermuda*,Turks and Caicos Islands*,British Virgin Islands*,Cayman Islands,Cook Islands,Montserrat,Dominica*,Dominican Republic*,Leeward Islands Bonaire and Curacoa*,Windward Islands Saba,St.Eustatius,Saint Martin*,Guadeloupe*,Martinique *,Saint Kitts and Nevis*,Saint Lucia*,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*,...

Islands and other places that are lush and volcanic tend to have a wider variety of different species...

Puerto Rico has many that are native to the Islands and may be less troublesome as per customs...like other US commonwealths territories,possesions...American Samoa,Guam,Kiribati,Palau and Tuvalu...

The areas that are more tropical have more different species...the problem with the very tropical species is that they may flower very late and/or have difficulty adjusting their flowering period to a higher latitude...plants from a climate and latitude most similar to the contiguous states are more likely to fare better here in the states...e.g.,Argentina,Chile,Paraguay and Uruguay have a latitudes and climate more similar to many of the US states...

Happy Hunting(!)...

Ron

I have come to realize that setting up a greenhouse is going to be a MUST in the near future (probably this summer) if I want to grow some of these tropical species. The whole Tioga Pass, Toulumne Meadows, Sierras area is within driving distance from me, so I am planning a trip next summer to look for native calystegia and seeds. Probably august since the winter hits early there...maybe in addition to photos I can find seeds or rootstock.
Beth

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