I Species Columbia

This baby just cracked this morning .. I thought the pattern of the cracking seed coat interesting.

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This message was edited Mar 26, 2007 10:27 PM

I'm whipping up some blue cheese dressing for this .. looks just like boston lettuce!

X

is that a perrenial ?

Paul - We don't know yet...but it probably is a perennial...most perennials have larger seeds than annuals...

TTY,...

Ron

Really cool looking seedling, X! What program do you use to put your name on the image?

Joseph

I use Paint Shop Pro 7.

X

OMG, it does look like a hunk of lettuce. LOL.

Those are great pictures, X! Looking forward to the next series. - Arlan

Thanks Arlan.

Here is another one the cotyledons unfolding.

Ta Daaaaahhhhh

Doesn't look like the same plant colorwise .. a good example of what chlorophyll production does.

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This message was edited Mar 29, 2007 9:42 AM

Gotta love the shapes of undamaged cotyledons in the morning! Nice to see it "green up". - Arlan

The double mono-lobe of each cotyledon on this as compared to the more usual bi-lobed structure(of Ipomoea) indicates to me that this species is either a relatively very old Ipomoea species or may turn out to be an older pre-Ipomoea species possibly something more closely related to the Merremia genus...

NIce clear photos with great color and detail for reference...

TTY,...

Ron

It's true leaves are just emerging. The shot on the left was the first and the shot on the right was about 1½ hours later. It's a lot cooler today so things are happening at a much slower pace.

The ISC was repotted into it's permanent home. I'm going to use the wood stakes when it gets big enough. Probably 5 of them and make a modified spiral with some cotton string so it will wind around the stakes and not up them.

Here is a link to the supersize picture (dial-ups beware, it's 5.2 megs).

http://www.nerii.org/Ron/I%20Spe.%20Columbia%204-2-7.jpg

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This message was edited Apr 4, 2007 9:13 AM

The new leaves are coming along nicely. It has been cooler for the last few days so their growth is in slo-mo.

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