morning glory species 2009

nice plants you have there Debra... the i albivenia should have mostly white flowers and should grow a bottle shaped caudex.... when the plant grows some you should be able to raise the caudex so you can see it :-)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/216856/

here's Ipomoea species white with purple centre... the flowers open later in the morning than the others... so it's not fully open.... i hope the pollen gets released before i have to leave for work....

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Really! Cool! Oh now I am so glad I fell into the odd species addiction.. I have quite a few of them planted down in the sand/beach area right above the water line where my son lives.. is that too close to water? about 5 feet from watery sand..
I also planted the pes capre, the merrima from emma, and a whole bunch of different things, oh yes the capensis too..
if you get pollen are you going to store it?
Here is his beach on the east side of the dock..I planted some stricto by the rail, and moon flowers in the little brick holes to trail down, and some mexican petunia .. put some beach glories from emma in the sand closer to the water.. I better get over there and look see that was on may 13th.. the beach faces north.. (the water is up high because of all the rain we have had here..)

oh Debra that's going to look gorgeous... i can't wait to see the future pics of the beach.

Debra and Colin - Love the I. albivenia photos! What a neat plant!!!!

Joseph says they are fragrant, too! Now that's a combo that can't be beat!!!

Keep up the great work growing these beauties! (And keep posting those amazing photos!)

thanks Becky...

here's Ipomoea 'pubescens' (African form) showing the bud just starting to open and the sepals.... if it opens before i go to work i'll put another pic up :-)

it looks as though the flower will be about the size of a large i purpurea...

i've just potted up this Ipomoea carnea, seeds from Belize, and noticed that it's fasciated...

well it's 8:30 here and it's nearly open...

it's gorgeous... but probably a little smaller than an i purpurea not as i previously thought...

whoops!... the pic :-)

I like the deep vivid blue of the last flower, Colin. Is it a caudiciform?

Hi Joseph...
yes the I 'pubescens' is a caudiciform type... heres the caudex forming mostly under the soil... i'll be able to raise it once it has grown... i don't know how long that will take tho'!

and here's an I 'pubescens' leaf...

here's another picture of the I 'pubescens' fron Africa...

another shot of the same flower last night... showing the sepals... they are quite showy themselves, being spearshaped and fluffy with fine dense hairs....

here's a profile of I 'pubescens' leaf, showing the extra lobes that form on the more mature leaves...

this one shows the lengh of the flower... about 1.5 inches...

and this picture showing the width of one of the more mature leaves.... just over three inches... ignore my dirty thumbnail :-)

and this last one showing the variability of the upper leaf lobes between plants...

the top one making a neat 5 pointed star shape with other lobes and the bottom one has the top lobes runing level with the lobes below them.

these leaves are from different sources, the top one belongs to the plant with the flower... the other is from an as yet unflowered plant...


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i just thought this looked lovely... it's growing in a neighbours garden...

known locally as pink bindweed... it's not as common as the white form but grows in quite a few places around here....

another shot... it seems to have split petals....

Colin, tHose are beautiful,,,,

Colin - Wow! Very pretty Pink Bindweed bloom! Nice!!!

Great photos of I 'pubescens' !!! Nice documenting them in photos and text comments! :-)

thanks Debra and Becky...

Becky... i've pulled up a root today from a plant growing at the back of the supermarket and potted it up!.. i hope it grows :-)

Thanks Colin, I thoroughly enjoyed all those pic you posted. I love the foliage on the pubescens, and will have to get some seed now. Frank

thanks frank... i'll save you some seeds for you i you'd like :-)

here's the third flower of the same plant this morning...

edited to add this pic best represents it's true colour and pattern...

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here's the same flower showing it's size... just over 1.5 inches

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one last one... the profile of an open flower

what an awsome looking flower.. thanks a bunch colin, I really enjoy your posts..

thread #2 here: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1001589/

here's the flower of Ipomoea 'pubescens' from KCBsamen a different source to the one above.. it's a slightly different colour and seems to have a slightly different shape too...

..love the shape on that last one Ceej~!!!!
:Darren

Oh la la! That's a pretty one, Colin! I love the shape of the bloom, too! Darren and I must have the same taste in blooms! lol

Becky, I have seedling for m the purple flaked you sent finally~ I hope to see it start growing fast with out weather we have had!~Thanks!~Ceej keep up the great work~!
:D

OH COOL, Darren! Can't wait to see your blooms! ;-)

got this one this A.M. frm under the kitchen window east facing... is it lyk or...?

Oooh ... that is a pretty one, Darren! It could be LYK as a cross! Be sure to keep an eye on that one! I want to see future blooms on that vine!!!!

A very nice bloom Darren.