I. saintroanensis

seed photo 4 on the electric stove burner..

seed photo 5

seed photo 6 (last one)

Gourd, I can't thank you enough for this breath taking study of the unusual and interesting specie. Thank you for following through all the way with all the detailed pictures. WOW, GASP, AWSOME. This gives me courage to get going again.

I am wondering about the condition of the original plant. Did it sinece and die, getting ready to bloom again, how many seed pods,, how long the vines etc. Frank

Hi Frank, long time no see,

Thank you for your input.. I suppose with this one, we have to have the patience of jobe..lol as far as I can tell it is not dead (I mist it to make sure the stems don't dry out, but some did anyway like other mgs), but doesn't have a single leaf yet, so it is not ready to leaf out, it is just a couple of stems right now, even with regular feedings. It is just not ready, and it must be a fall bloomer, maybe it will bloom agian.. that would be nice. I even saved the bud that fell off, it only had two flowers and one made it all the way to seed. I wonder what will happen this year? Time will tell.

Gourd, That was a stunning show of pictures. You did a great job taking care of mom and getting a few seeds to boot. I will be watching to see how things go.

Hi Frank! Long time no see! I`m planting the world today. I`ll be back to write more tomorrow. :)

Karen

Very nice to see that the seedpod finally dried properly and produced some healthy seeds...

The seedpods may have dried sooner in the natural outdoor environment of Australia,but it is definitely rewarding that this rare species produced healthy seeds at all...

Ipomoea saintroanensis is considered to be rare in it's native Australia and it is definitely encouraging for supplemental conservation activity to be taking place...

The whole is greater than the sum of it's parts...

Ron

If was thinking the same thing, if it went outside it may dry faster, but was afraid something would go terribly wrong. Once it did go outside, it dried within a short period of time, even then I was not sure whether to take it off, so I waited till the stem it was on also turned brown. It had been green the whole time. Maybe because it takes so long to get to a good mature blooming plant, the seeds don't have a chance to make it with the birds, etc.. and land development most likely too many outside elements affecting it's growth and growth rate. Hopefully this year it will bloom a lot more, it was under a canopy of leaves last year with dappled shade, I may inch it along to the end of the shade to get more sun and see if that will do something. With these plants it is difficult to figure out what to do and not harm them.