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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Digeroo on September 08, 2016, 08:00:06

Title: Stunning flowers
Post by: Digeroo on September 08, 2016, 08:00:06
Went to NT Chastleton House yesterday.  They had a gorgeous climbing plant with stunning yellow flowers.

Should be in  nonedible plants?  No it was a cucamelon.

Title: Re: Stunning flowers
Post by: Digeroo on September 08, 2016, 08:09:13
I have got the knack of posting pictures
Title: Re: Stunning flowers
Post by: PondDragon on September 08, 2016, 08:27:28
These are Ipomaea lobata, not Cucamelon.
Title: Re: Stunning flowers
Post by: ACE on September 08, 2016, 09:48:58
Quote from: PondDragon on September 08, 2016, 08:27:28
These are Ipomaea lobata, not Cucamelon.

I think you should watch what you are eating.
Title: Re: Stunning flowers
Post by: Digeroo on September 08, 2016, 12:35:48
Does that mean that the little fruits are not edible.
Title: Re: Stunning flowers
Post by: Digeroo on September 08, 2016, 12:40:07
I asked what they were and was told but National Trust volunteers it was cucamelon.  Seems they have a problem.  Though it odd, I thought the flowers were very wrong for a cucumber family.
Title: Re: Stunning flowers
Post by: Digeroo on September 08, 2016, 13:13:06
Actually I think there was a cucamelon there as well, I think the fruits were right they just did not belong to the flowers.
Title: Re: Stunning flowers
Post by: PondDragon on September 08, 2016, 16:30:34
I think you're right. Looking closely, I can now see what looks like a Cucamelon flower. On the 5th plank down, between the 2 strings about 1/3 of the way in from the left. The leaf shape of that plant is different as well.