Netty
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject: Vine with odd smelling blooms |
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I found this growing on the river's edge climbing up some Bullrushes. The bloom is a ball of smaller blooms and it smells nice for the first second and then becomes nasty!
The leaves
The bloom
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Droopy
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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That's a really cool bloom!  I've never seen anything like that before.
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stratsmom
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| Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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It is neat looking, too bad it's stinky 
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Palustris
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:10 am Post subject: |
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The flowers remind me of my Chocolate Vine, whose proper name escapes me for the present.
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Netty
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Chocolate Vine aka Akebia quinata. A nice looking plant, but not my mystery plant I'm afraid.
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Palustris
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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Ta, annoying when a plant name totally escapes one. I have seen these flowers before somewhere too and that is annoying that I cannot place them.
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glendann
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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Thats a beauty .I love the bloom its so different.
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cajunbelle
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| Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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I am not sure, but IMHO, it looks like it should belong to the pea family. My corkscrew vine, vigna caracalla, has leaves like that, and while the flowers are bigger, they form a cluster like it too. The corkscrew vine is really fragrant. Your vine is very pretty, can you check for seeds.
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Biita
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:41 am Post subject: |
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I've never seen anything like that, but it sure is pretty. I hope you get a name to go with it.
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Netty
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| Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 1:12 am Post subject: |
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Ok, I FINALLY found out what this plant is! It is American Groundnut or Apios Americana. Thanks all 
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