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Ipomoea nil
This is one of the many random vine plants growing in the area. This vine has one leaf that grows from the stem. Flowers are intermittently dispersed along the vine.
Tropical dry forest in NW Costa Rica one week after rainy season.
You are welcome...
There is so much Beauty in the details that unfortunately many will never allow themselves to appreciate...
Sergio, OBRIGADO!
Ron, Thank you for your concise reply. We appreciate all your efforts to help identifying spottings here on the site.
I've been around Ipomoeas for 5.6 decades now, and I was always amazed by that five points star. And this one is particularly beautiful.
Ipomoea nil is a New World species which originated in Northern South America.
Here is the ars-grin page on it:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/htm...
I am on record as stating that the sepals (which in this case are THE most important part) , are those of Ipomoea nil.
I can identify an elephant whether it is in Africa or in Central Park and I can identify Ipomoea nil via the sepals the same way...it doesn't matter where I see it on this earth or if it is on the moon...I know the features...simple...no matter what any checklist book says...
I don't think Ipomoea 101 is going to be possible for me to do here...
My time is limited and I thought I'd take a quick run through the Ipomoea section but it may entail more than I was expecting...
I just can't spend alot of time continuing to try and correct these entries...
You may have to either accept my evaluation or reject it...
Ron, I was just looking to your spotting suggestion. I see the Ipomoea nil is a species native to Taiwan. Are you sure that it can be found also in Costa Rica. I coulnd't find any corroborating evidence or links.
No problem. Sounds good, you have a lot of cool spottings on the way. I'm going traveling next week, but I will still pop onto Noah when I can and hopefully I can continue to help ID.
Thank you Dan. Now that the rainy season just ended there will be a plethora of plants anxious to flower and seed over the coming weeks. Watchout!
Looks like a type of Morning Glory - Ipomea, if not the same family -Convolvulaceae, though its a fairly large family.
Spotted on Nov 11, 2011
Submitted on Nov 11, 2011
