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shelley1962 Churubusco, IN(Zone 5b) Jan 31, 2008

Is there a bright orange morning glory? The only one's I've seen described as orange are a very pale orange - leaning toward a yellow.

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RON_CONVOLVULACEAE Netcong, NJ(Zone 5b) Jan 31, 2008

shelleydar - Orange is a very rare color in Morning Glories and some of the 'orange' are on the orange-yellow side...although the depth of the orange can be increased through selective breeding...

Yellow (albeit much more common than any type of orange) is also a relatively rare color pigment in Morning Glories and it remains to be clarified if there is actually a 'true orange' pigment occurring in any MG's or if any orange coloration (as perceived by the human eye) simply represents various admixtures of yellow and reddish colored pigmentations...

I am always interested in locating Orange colored Morning Glories...

Ipomoea aurantiaca
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~whaber/Monte/Plant/Conv/img/Ipom-aura-fl-164-112.jpg
http://www.cs.umb.edu/~whaber/Monte/Plant/Conv/img/Ipom-aura-fl-839-b.JPG

Ipomoea coccinea can have an orange outer corolla limb color...sometimes referred to as 'Orange Noah...
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/86117/

Ipomoea hederifolia 'Aurantia'
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/174525/

Ipomoea obscura 'Ethiopian' strain
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/99713/
Ipomoea obscura 'Kenyan' strain
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/166674/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/168032/

The depth/strength of the orange coloration of the various Ipomoea obscura strains can vary per individual plant and is not as of yet a fully stabilized color

Ipomoea sloteri (which is one of the rare true interspecific hybrids) has rarely displayed a yellow and orange corolla...re:attached photo

Operculina pteripes can display variations of a salmon-orange which is known to vary with the particular geographic strain
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/139571/


There are other very rare species reported to have an orange color flower but of which there are currently no photos (that I know of) available anywhere on the entire web...

Hope the information offered is of some referential help...

TTY,...

Ron

Ipomoea sloteri rare Orange and Yellow


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shelley1962 Churubusco, IN(Zone 5b) Jan 31, 2008

Wow, great information! Thanks much.

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Grow_Jo Calgary, AB(Zone 3a) Feb 01, 2008

Marvelous thread!

Thanks for sharing these details Ron.

Joanne

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