Ipomoea cordatotriloba comparisons

One of my self assigned weekend tasks was to clean up the area where I grew out 10 different plants of Ipomoea cordatotriloba. This was an area that I didn't pay too much attention to early in the season, so all the plants grew intermingled! I did not try to separate them so decided that I would just save some seed as a mix. Actually, I did segregate one plant as it was unique and not related to the others.

The plant I segregated was from seed I collected in Murrells Inlet, SC. The flowers are smaller and a darker pink http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/si/149221/ than the local selections http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/si/131564/ I grew. The seed pods are a lot different as well. Many of them were split open (they split open in quarters not thirds like I. nil) and were precariously showing their seeds. This observation prompted me to get the camera......

The seeds are actually almost black, but the primary light in the picture was reflected off of my hand, which changed the color some I guess.

...this is an unopened pod from the South Carolina plant. Interestingly, the flowers and seed pods are all solitary on this plant. As it turns out, they are also not nearly as hairy as the local variety.

...this is the seed from this plant. It is larger than the local variety.

These are typical pods from the locally selected varieties grown this year. Notice that they are in pairs, a lot more hairy, and they are smaller as well.

These are seeds from the local, Baldwin County, Alabama selection of Ipomoea cordatotriloba. They are smaller than the South Carolina selection. If you compare the two seed photos, the scale is such that the numbers represent the same size in each photo.

For a closer look at one of the seeds, this is as large as I can get....! It is one of the seeds from the South Carolina selection.

These are samples of pods from each plant for a side by side comparison. I used some cold cookie dough that my DW had in the refrigerator to hold them!

Not related to the topic, but related to the task.... here is a visitor that came indoors with the seed pods! I thought he was cute, though he needs to shave his legs. He was safely escorted back outside.

...and finally, as a comparison, I took this of Ipomoea nil seed I collected this morning from a white mutant strain I grew. I don't have a representative scale to compare the size with the other photos....my estimation is that they are about three or four times the size. I thought the short hairs were interesting, which is something I really cannot see with my naked eye.

Arlan

Arlan - OMG! You ROCK, sir! Awesome thread! And some great photos! Thank you!!! :-)

Thanks Becky - just having fun! Here is a picture of Ipomoea hederacea seed. Once again we see short hairs and an interesting circular hilium on the ends of the seed.

I just used seed from two pods that I had laying around from this year's plants. I don't know if these were cordate leaf or not... One day I'll dig out my "good" seed that is identified for a more formal picture...!

Beautiful! I really like that first shot. I didn't realize seeds were hairy either until I stuck them in the scanner.

X

That first shot is nice, it looks like some good Chocolate candy should..lol.

Great thread! highlighting regional differences.