morning glory species 2009

heres whats left of I StigosaNOT... showing the curvature of the sepals as stayed the same

another shot...

Colin - I'm tending to think that the species is I.hederacea because of some of the sepal tips and the manner of swelling at the base of the sepals , but only crossing with other I.hederacea or I.nil will prove for certain...

Thanks for showing the seedpod sepal group...it was definitely helpful...


TTY,...


Ron

flower buds on ipomoea sp. 'white flower with purple centre' ...a caudiciform type from Tanzania...

i'm having a hard time waiting.... lol


This message was edited Apr 29, 2009 10:57 AM

What an unusual one from Tanzania, Colin! Can't wait to see those photos!!

Joseph

Wow, that is one cool looking plant! Hope it opens for you soon.

Colin - Very Kewl that the unusual caudiciform species is producing buds and will soon be Flowering (!)...

Here's hoping for lots of healthy pollen for seed production (!)


TTY,...


Ron


This message was edited Apr 29, 2009 7:12 AM

From Ron's lips to the Creator's ears!! LOL

i wonder if the little dew drops under the flower buds are extra floral nectaries!...

another shot... who's the extra nectar for and why??

i wonder if it is to drum up a pollinator following before opening or maybe it's to attract ants for some reason...?

...... the dew drops tatse sweet :-)

i just wanted to show you the flower buds on this one :-)

Colin - You mentioned :

"i wonder if the little dew drops under the flower buds are extra floral nectaries!..."
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6534232

I'd say definitely yes...

"who's the extra nectar for and why?? "

"the dew drops tatse (sic) sweet :-) "

The nectar is for any creature interested to consume it (hopefully like it enough) and be willing to pollinate it and / or to protect the plant (!)...although I'm not sure if the desert creatures that would usually be lapping the nectar of this plant includes humans...this plant is not on the 'definitely known to be edible to humans' list and the nectar could conceivably contain some hypnotic / mind altering substances...so, now your testimony has been tainted by substances unknown... (!)...you could be in some type of 'trance' state and not even know it (!)...

Didn't your childhood caretakers ever warn you about putting such things in your mouth (?!)...unusual nectar pica (?!)...Hmm...I think there are support groups for this kind of 'thing'...(!)

The photo here
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6534432
is great...showing the sheen that the natural oils and waxes impart to the freshly burgeoning parts...

The purple buds on the plant here
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=6534232
are so kewl looking...(!)

The sepals on the bud at about the 8 o'clock position look curiously like the sepals on Ipomoea hederacea as seen here
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/91084/

Some closeup photos of the sepals may be worthwhile at some point...and noting any possible progressive curvature changes...


TTY,...


Ron

AWESOME photos, Colin! Seriously clear and sharp!

oh my colin that is awsome.. I LOVE that purple red coloring..

Hey Ron... my Childhood Caretakers spent half their time telling me not to do something or other... and the other half telling me not to do it again... especially my Nan (!) :-) ....and anyway according to your criteria the nectar is mine.... so there!....lol :-)))

thanks Becky and Debra...

Debra... do i remember that you where after beach glories or was that someone else?.... anyway i found this link for some really inexpensive ipomoea violacea seeds
http://sampleseeds.com/?page_id=73

they have Jacquemontia pentanthos too...

This message was edited May 12, 2009 8:11 AM

Colin . . .

Wow! How AWESOME

Emma

thanks colin for the link, it seems to be broken sort of the pictures and content will not load, but I think my DD will be bringing me back some beach glories from Texas she is going in june to see her Dad he lives in San Padre islands..
my plantensis is really going to town..

Debra -
You may or may not find this particular species growing in Padre, but who knows!
You will more than likely find Pes caprae growing there.

I will d-Mail you the link that Colin is referencing.

Link to Pes caprae in Padre
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=IPPE
http://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=4046

Emma

Thanks, I ordered those seeds from that site..

it finally flowered...
ipomoea species white flower with purple centre...

and the sepal shot showing extra floral nectar

and another showing that the sepals and nectar with flash

oh colin, I am so happy for you.. absolutely gorgeous!

and my new baby
Ipomoea sp. aff. lapidosa from East Africa

Wow, Colin, that one that is flowering is a knock-out! Is it fragrant? How exciting for you and all of us to see it!

Joseph

Very, very awesome, Colin! I love your ipomoea species!!! And the Ipomoea sp. aff. lapidosa from East Africa is most interesting too! You are accumulating such a nice collection! Thanks for sharing the photos with all of us!

thanks Debra, Becky and Joseph.... i'm hoping to get a few seeds for sharing... the i sp aff lapidosa should have a huge white bloom... and i don't know if it was fragrant Joseph i forgot to give it a sniff :-(

After experiencing fragrance in albivenia and lindheimeri flowers, I always check for that attribute in new MGs I grow.

We had 38 degrees F here last night, near freezing with windchill. Covered many young MG plants and brought in the precious ones and I think I got away without any mortality. Whew!

Joseph

Dont' have a clue how I sent it twice

This message was edited May 19, 2009 4:21 PM

Joseph, glad you didn't lose any. It got down to 48 here and I'm carrying mine
in and out.
Colin, Love your species. I'm very partial to the white with pink to purple throats
A gorgeous flower. Congrats

Colin - Nice photos...

Did you check to see if the bloom(s) are producing pollen (?)...likely be a good idea to hand pollinate just to be sure...


TTY,...


Ron

It didn't take you long to get dialed in on that new camera. The macro is wonderful.
I don't think there is anyone in the USA selling the caudiciforms like you have been buying. You make it look like you run down to the corner store and get them. I wish we could find them here. It is great to see some with actual blooms on them. Keep up the good work with that camera. Frank

hope your plants are ok Joseph...

the throat was more pink than purple Patootie... i hope i get a seed for you at least :-)

Ron... i pollinated it... it had loads of really waxy pollen... it looked almost edible (no i didn't...lol)

thanks Frank... i love my camera :-) i get them from Germany... hopefully i'll get loads of seeds, so we can all have some.... eventually!

Colin, Thank you, something to really look forward too. Hopefully one
day, it will make plenty of seeds.

Soooo jealous! Great looking new plant, have you done anything wiht your abivenias? I have only had success with one so far. Cutting back on water when its 100 outside is tricky work.
Will keep you posted ~ thanks

:Darren

thanks patootie

i got three albivenias growing Darren... out of more seeds than you had so i don't think your doing too bad :-) and you can have some of our rain if you want... we got loads :-)

and i'm sorry your jealous Darren... so here's a posh sweet potato pic, just for you....lol :-)

love those caudex forms, Colin..

eerrrgh....Europe and UK are So lucky. I might just go to Sweden this fall for the MG seeds! lol
:D

okay here is my plantesis tonight.. Geez I hoep I speled it right LOL .. just kidding

here is albivenia slowly waking up.. I have it facing west, behind the four o clocks until I can transplant it.. the bottom of the cup has nice sized slits for drainage, I put sand on top to keep it cool.. it acts like it wants to form a bottom under that sand..u know, I have no clue what this is even going to look like bloomed.. that just dawned on me..