I seem to have the slows ... In the meantime Pes Tigridis

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) May 14, 2007

Everything is growing, slowly though .. no flowers yet.

Here's one of Rons .. Pes Tigridis bud .. dial ups beware .. 13+ megs.

http://www.xeramtheum.com/PesTigridisbud-5-14-7-a.jpg

This plant is shy about showing it's flowers .. I never actually saw one .. only the remnants. I kept watching a bud get bigger and bigger and when I went to investigate found a mature seed pod! I couldn't believe I had missed the flower. That was last year. I cut the plant back and let it start over again .. this time I am determined to catch it in the act of flowering!

X

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) May 14, 2007

X - incredible detail...like a microscope...

Noteworthy are the large secondary bracts at the base of the cluster that might look like the sepals to newbies,but they're actually different structures ...

TTY,...

Ron

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EmmaGrace Jacksonville, TX(Zone 8a) May 14, 2007

X,

"THE" most incredible photo I have ever seen.

Absolutely Amazing!

Emma

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gardener2005 Baton Rouge area, LA(Zone 8b) May 14, 2007

I Love your close ups X ! You will blow us away when you start getting those blooms! I look forward to seeing the new flowers this year close up like this.

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) May 14, 2007

Ron said that this Pes Tigridis might be cleistogamic, a flower that does not open and is self-pollinated in the bud. In all of the buds last year I was only able to find a remnant.

I just wish something would bloom .. jeeze.

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) May 14, 2007

this I.pes-tigridis still did manage to produce a few seeds though...despite the cleistogamic nature of the initial flower...it may remain cleistogamic or it may decide to produce some larger flowers...the Messenger may have something to do with the 'cleistos' if it was used...



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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) May 14, 2007

I didn't use messenger on this plant or any of your. I wouldn't do that without your permission.

X

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