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busybee
Kentwood, LA (Zone 8b)
July 11, 2002 3:40 PM Post #35605
| This is a better photo of the folage on the hummingbird vine. It has small tubers attached to the roots which spread and come back every year. It is not the plant in the hyperlink.
This should be in identification.
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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busybee
Kentwood, LA (Zone 8b)
July 11, 2002 3:41 PM Post #300041
| The flower shown is completely open. |
pebble
Bodrum
Turkey (Zone 10a)
 July 11, 2002 4:05 PM Post #300071
| Busybee, are these annuals? I love this, and especially since the hummers like it. |
haighr
Hagerstown, MD (Zone 6a)
July 11, 2002 4:05 PM Post #300072
| Now I know why it is called the hummingbird vine, looks like a perfect fit to me. I'll have to explore for one of those. How large does the plant get? Would it cover an entire trellis? |
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a)
 July 11, 2002 4:39 PM Post #300102
| Hmmm. You're right - it's not the Ipomoea coccineus, as best I can tell. With any luck we'll get Baa or PoppySue (or ???) to ID it (That's a great foliage shot - it should help a bunch.)
I'm going to move this thread to the ID forum...
I also tweaked the thread's title - I doubt I'll be the person to properly ID it (*grin*)
This message was edited Thursday, Jul 11th 12:42 PM |
busybee
Kentwood, LA (Zone 8b)
July 11, 2002 5:57 PM Post #300150
| It will cover whatever it is on. It grows until frost hits it then it dies back only to return in the spring.
Thanks, go_vols, I was going to post it here but I thought it needed to be with the first pic. Sure wish I had multi photos on the Kodak or Adobe. |
Terry
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a)
July 11, 2002 6:05 PM Post #300158
| I put a hyperlink in the PDB forum thread to here - hopefully we'll get a good ID soon :) |
Baa
July 11, 2002 10:46 PM Post #300372
| I'm afraid Baa doesn't know.
At a guess I'd say it was a species of Lonicera (Honeysuckle) or one of the hybrids like L x brownii. What throws me is the fact they are solitary flowering rather than in whorls or pairs. I'll look into it further if no one comes up with anything else. |
poppysue
Westbrook, ME (Zone 5a)
 July 11, 2002 10:55 PM Post #300383
| Oh NOOO! I was counting on you Baa. I'm stumped! |
Baa
July 11, 2002 11:03 PM Post #300390
| Sorry Poppysue :( I'm worse than useless at the moment! |
MaVieRose
High Desert, CA (Zone 8a)
July 11, 2002 11:45 PM Post #300422
| Busybee, am lost, i do not know what i am missing here. anyway, here are some url for plants relating to hummingbirds ... http://www.hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek010822.html , http://ag.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/Justicia_spi... , http://www.wfnirvana.com/florida/lonisemp.html , http://www.floridata.com/ref/i/ipom_qua.cfm
the last url consist of suggested hummingbird flower, be sure to click on each flower to see the link ... http://www.rubythroat.org/PlantsNativeTopTen.html
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Baa
July 13, 2002 1:34 AM Post #301188
| As this one is stumping quite a few people perhaps a little more info would be useful, if you don't mind of course?
Any chance this is a shrubby, herbaceous plant with a lax habit and not a climber?
Any tendrils?
Where are the tubers?
Woody stems even though they die back?
Do the very ends of the petals reflex?
Hairy, even slightly?
I keep coming up with Phygelius but they have racemes of flowers not singular. |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL (Zone 8b)
July 13, 2002 3:12 PM Post #301555
| I, too, need an id on this vine. It is indeed a climber, and has 1/2" orangish-red morninglory-shaped blooms. It is not growing from a tuber but a massive root system. It spreads like wildfire, and hummers LOVE it. |
Baa
July 13, 2002 6:49 PM Post #301707
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Baa
July 13, 2002 6:52 PM Post #301713
| Kay
To me the blooms on this plant are different to MG blooms (even Ipomoea coccinea) however, I. coccinea can display these ovate leaves as well as the deeply cut leaves we often see on the packet fronts and in books. As for having a massive root system how about Campsis radicans?
What I can't see on the pic is how this is climbing.
This message was edited Saturday, Jul 13th 2:53 PM |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL (Zone 8b)
July 13, 2002 8:00 PM Post #301741
| Baa, thanks SO much! What I, personally, have is Ipomoea coccinea. I just looked it up, and that is EXACTLY what I have. I have had this vine, which twines as a morning glory does, for YEARS and couldn't id it. I will mark it IMMEDIATELY! Thanks again. |
Baa
July 13, 2002 8:24 PM Post #301763
| My pleasure Kay :) |
