Ipomoea Merremia Tuberosa

Konnichiwa, Emma, Karen, Beth, Gourd, Ronnie, Grow-Jo, and our other friends who we did not mention because of failed memory.

We hope you guys are fine and enjoying life.

I been very busy and not able to chat here but today I`m off so I`ll respond to a few post ASAP.

Out of the 3 seeds that I tried to germinate from this species, this is the only one that did and it`s growing very fast too. The seeds were large and it took over a month for it to sprout.

My MG project is growing and have produced some very nice and interesting results which I`m keeping track of mostly on my web site and that`s a job too. Will share some pictures here later.

I`ll be attending a morning glory festival this coming weekend in Nabari Prefecture. The 1st of many for this month. I`ll get sample seeds for my friends. It`s monday and I have a lots of running around to do but will check back.

TTYS.

Dee

Dee - I only had one of these seeds, and boy am I glad it germinated! It's growing very fast . . . here's last Monday's pic . . . When did yours sprout, and how long is it now?

Nichole

Heres a picture of mine at ten mnts old Paul

Nichole,

Mine is less than 2 weeks old and about 12 inches high. Emma sent me the seeds and a few others and I thank her because I was able to get her seeds to germinate. I also received MG seeds from others here but none of them germinated but hey it happens to the best of us.

My home is located on a corner which many people will pass while walking their dogs and since there is interest here in my project, I put some plants out for viewing each morning. A few days ago when I first put the Merremia Tuberosa out it captured the eyes of many. The same question was asked `Honto ni, kore asagao desu` translation (is this really morning glory?) This way I`m meeting new people in my neighborhood and it allow me to practice speaking Japanese about MG. TTYL.

Dee

Hey Paul,

That`s very interesting and thanks for sharing the picture. I`m happy to know what it`s going to look like. It also reminds me of another plant. TTYL

Dee

Dee - Merremia tuberosa is in the family Convolvulaceae and the common name for the family Convolvulaceae is >The Morning Glory Family...even though there are some moonvines within this family

Here is Merremia tuberosa in the PlantFiles
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53475/index.html

Note the taxanomic placement info and synonyms...the synonym should properly refer to the older >no longer botanically accuate binomial...

Here are the different genera within the Morning Glory Family currently entered into the PlantFiles
http://davesgarden.com/pf/tools/names.php?family=Convolvulaceae&z=genus


Taxonomy of the Morning Glory
http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/asagao/yoneda_db/E/taxonomy/menu.html
Family Convolvulaceae
http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/asagao/yoneda_db/E/taxonomy/1-family.html

http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Asagao/Yoneda_DB/E/slides/slide001-029a.html
Merremia tuberosa Baraasagao
http://protist.i.hosei.ac.jp/Asagao/Yoneda_DB/E/PCD2522/htmls/11.html

CONVOLVULACEAE (Morning Glory Family) - Prof.Daniel F. Austin,
http://www.fau.edu/divdept/biology/people/daustin/convolv.html

MorningGlory taxanomic relationships - Kyushu University
http://mg.biology.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mg-files/phylogeny/index.html

Some taxanomic info extracted from a post of 2005

The Convolvulacea are divided into 2 main sub-families:

Psiloconiae - subfamily that has pollen with a smooth-surface

and

Echinoconiae - subfamily that has pollen with a spiny surface

Convolvulaceae has been classified into the groups

Echinoconeae - spiny pollen

and

Psiloconeae - smooth pollen...comparatively....

Convolvulaceae is further classified into tribes
Argyreieae, Convolvuleae, Cresseae, Dichondreae, Erycibeae, Hildebrandtieae,Merremieae (aka Merremioids) , Ipomoeeae, and Poraneae.


Convolvulaceae has been even further classified according to various criteria, including the micro surface morphology of the pollen grains,the pistil lobing and related morphology, the manner of dehiscence of the seed capsules and the chromosome number...

but the feature of the pollen and whether it is psilate = smooth, or echinate = spiny , is increasingly being recognized as a major categorizational feature which has been supported by recent advanced genetic analysis...

So,the regular "Hawaiian Woodrose" aka "Large Hawaiian Woodrose" is definitely a Merremia,because of the psilate pollen characteristic...

I hope this informatiom will prove to be of value to those people interested to know more about the main categories of Convolvulaceae botanical classification...

TTY,...

Ron

This message was edited Jun 6, 2007 10:42 AM

Paul - yours looks huge! What kind of lighting does it get? Is it potted or in the ground? I'm thinking of putting mine in the ground next weekend . . .

Nichole

its in the ground now half shade

Perfect! I have just the spot for it! It will get some morning sun, be in the shade until late afternoon, then another hour or two of afternoon sun!

that should do it feed it heavy to