Apparently this is a Pineland Hibiscus, Hibuscus aculeatus.
To me it looks a lot like a halberdleaf rose-mallow or scarlet rose mallow, Hibiscus laevis.
Any botanists want to disambiguate?
Also, what kind of bee is that? Continue reading
Never saw them bloom before.
“It takes at least 4 years to go from a just-pollinated flower to a mature, blooming plant.” Growing Sarracenia from Seed, International Carnivorous Plant Society (ICPS).
These pitcher plants grew naturally in our woods.
We do have bumblebees, so maybe they will pollinate. Then maybe seeds in August or September.
Update: That was actually a green okra. Here’s
a real purple okra
and here are purple, orange, and green compared.
A purple okra!
Just you wait, orange okra,
in a day or so we’ll see who’s purple.
Purple okra flower:
Continue readingThis is how we get new okra to eat:
This is how we get new okra to eat
Picture by John S. Quarterman for Okra Paradise Farms, Lowndes County, Georgia, 19 July 2012.
I've seen on the okra blooms honeybees, bumblebees, and several kinds of wasps, all pollinating and making more okra.
-jsq
The bloom on the vine: Continue reading
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