Ipomoea pandurata - Potato Vines Gone Wild

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KevinTernes Goodlettsville, TN(Zone 6a) Jul 22, 2007

I happened to be in the area of some pandurata growing wild in a field this weekend. I have seen unusual growths such as on otherwise normal plants.

Can anyone comment on what these might be?

Oh, and when I say "anyone", I actually mean Ron.

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KevinTernes Goodlettsville, TN(Zone 6a) Jul 22, 2007

Another growth.

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KevinTernes Goodlettsville, TN(Zone 6a) Jul 22, 2007

Kinda gross.

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KevinTernes Goodlettsville, TN(Zone 6a) Jul 22, 2007

Nothing unusual here. But interesting.

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lostintexas Abilene, TX(Zone 7b) Jul 22, 2007

Very intersting. And that is funny, you mean Ron. He is quite the expert isn't he. He talks over my head though. He is waaaay too smart for me. But I love reading his entries anyway. Just to read something a smart person says is fun to me. lol.

Leslie

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fchilders Clatskanie, OR(Zone 9b) Jul 23, 2007

The first two pictures look like insect galls to me. An insect will lay an egg inside the tissue, and the tissue reacts by ballooning up. Some times fungi will cause something like this. Whenever I see galling like this I get out my pocket knife and do a little dissecing looking for insect grubs on the inside. Frank

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) Jul 23, 2007

Frank - ditto...My first impression was an infection with some type of gall forming organism...the hypertrophied tissues shown are not healthy normal tissue...a viral infection is also a possibility...

TTY,...

Ron

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KevinTernes Goodlettsville, TN(Zone 6a) Jul 28, 2007

Developing seedpod.

This is the very first seedpod that I have observed on the pandurata growing natively in my yard. Pollen donor could be one of the transplants or from one grown from Ron's seeds.

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KevinTernes Goodlettsville, TN(Zone 6a) Jul 28, 2007

Another view.

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KevinTernes Goodlettsville, TN(Zone 6a) Jul 28, 2007

Pair of developing seedpods on a vine that is from a transplanted tuber. Again pollen donor could be from a yard native or from one of Ron's seeds.

Canis lupus familiaris (cultivar: Labrador Retriever) accidentally in background.

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) Jul 29, 2007

Hey Kevin - Glad to see that there is now enough genetic diversity amongst your pandurata plant collection for seeds to be setting on all of the plants...

Nice photos of the early seedpods developing...

Looking forward to any/all continued developements...

TTY,...

Ron

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