Some of Ron's seeds

Those are really neat plants..
A.

bonariensis cotyledon

Do the hederifolia 177 new guinea keep those red leaves?

Yes! So far it still looks reddish.

Hey Beth - Glad to see that the different species are coming along nicely...

I'm curious what type of germination 'mixture' you are using there(?)...it looks very rich and is obviously working well for you...

TTY,...

Ron

The soil is "mulch" (aged leaves and organic matter, no manure) bought by the truckload at the local mulch depot. The lower layer is mixed with riverbed sand, but I leave pure mulch on the top because it retains the moisture the seeds need to germinate.

Here are three aquaticas from different sources. The left is Ron's aquatica Taiwan, center is aquatica Taiwan that I purchased, and on the right is aquatica indonesia.

Merremia aegyptia

Calystegia japonica

ramosissima

Lepistemon urceolata

bipinnata-partita

transvaalensis

Nice photos Beth...what is the plant with the oval cotyledons growing next to the I.ramossisima(?)...

TTY,...


Ron

It is coming up from the center of the cotyledon leaves, so I was thinking they are the first true leaves....as best I can tell for the moment. I don't want to dig it up to be sure, and kill the seedling.

Not much info on I. ramosissima. Looks like is has a potato-like root.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.peruecologico.com.pe/images/raiz_iramosisima_max.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.peruecologico.com.pe/raiz_iramosisima.htm&h=250&w=250&sz=11&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=h7WpRu5ZXD2flM:&tbnh=111&tbnw=111&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dipomoea%2Bramosissima%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG


DISTRIBUTION: Is a plant that wild from Bélice to Argentina grows. In peru is more common in the oriental sides to the 1,500 msnm.

GENETIC RESOURCE: Probably it is the wild species of the sweet potato cultivated and can have value as genetic material.

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Hey Beth - There is a very small true leave emerging from the junction of the Ipomoewa ramossisima petioles...the oval cotyledons below the I.ramossima is definitely from another different separate plant...

I'd carefully pull up the plant with the oval cotyledons...

TTY,...


Ron

Okay, I hope it doesn't disturb the seedling.

Use a tweezer or just cut off the top part of the extra plant with a small pair of scissors.. that is what they do to the extra tomato seedlings, they just cut off the tops of the others and leave the stronger one, the ones that are cut die off on their own.

Thanks for the tip. I pulled it yesterday really gently until I was sure the MG underneath wasn't going to come up with it. It was still small enough that it came up just fine.

Here is ramosissima without the "weed". The name implies this plant should have a lot of branches when mature.

andersonii

Funny palmate leaves.....kentrocaulos

hederifolia (Mexico) has some buds.

I. macrorhiza seedling.

Hi Beth- Nice photos...although it is always valueable to show the exact shape of the cotyledonds via a nice clear closeup of the top view >I think it of particular value to show the Ipomoea macrorhiza seedling from a sideview to show exactly where the base of the cotyledon stems attach to the main hypocotyl as in the following photos in the PlantFiles...

Ipomoea costata
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/119091/

Operculina aequisepala
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/116760/

Your contributions are always appreciated...

TTY,...

Ron

I'll try that Ron. I have found it hard to get the camera to do a macro focus on side shots....but if I put a sheet of something behind it, it might work!

Purpurea Turkey 664 first bloom

Another shot of purpurea Turkey 664. I'm hand pollinating and bagging just to keep it pure.

Parasitica, very thorny

Beth,
Parasitica Mx strain just bloomed this morning..

OOOH! Can't wait for blooms!

hederifolia (Mexico) bloom.

hederifolia (Mexico) bloom, different view.

Beth - Excellent detail on the photo here
http://pics.davesgarden.com/pics/ByndeweedBeth_1188233738_266.jpg

Your I.parasitica looks very healthy but reports so far indicate that the plant may be an annual...so,if the weather get's too cold >it may need to be overwintered indoors...

Looking Good(!)....

TTY,...

Ron

Thanks, Ron. I am planning to bring them all in for winter...just to finish maturing every seed I can get. I planned for this by planting everything in containers.

Here is another of purpurea Turkey 664.

Beth - the photo of the bloom just above looks more yellow than previous blooms of this strain from Turkey...is it the particular lighting(?)...

Yes, I had the HPS light on when I took it. I thought using the flash might correct that but it doesn't appear it helped that much.

I. plebeia Australia 259 bloom. It is a small white bloom with a touch of pink on the pistil.