My son planted seeds in kindergarten class a few months ago and brought it home after it had started growing. I've cared for it with love ever since. It recently bloomed into a beautiful flower, I hope the pictures I have attached work. If anyone has any idea what this plant may be I would love to know. Thanks!
Convolvulus of some kind, I think. Very pretty, and interesting to grow for children, but don't let it escape into your garden, or you'll regret it.
I googled it too, does look like the "bindweed" pictured on this page... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convolvulus That could very well be it, I've heard of Morning Glory's but do they come in white only?
It IS a flowering plant, and it is very pretty. I have fond memories of it from when I was a child. mrspower, if your son grew this from seed, it is to be cherished, just not transplanted outside. I can't see why you can't grow it in a pot indoors forever, your son grew it, and this could be the start of a lifelong passion for him. The fact that many people(including me, now,) regard it as a pernicious weed is neither here nor there in these circumstances. I'm not certain that it is bindweed, it looks similar, and better botanists will, I trust, give a more certain identification. The fact that, if it is bindweed, it's a flowering thug, takes nothing away from your son's achievement, and your justified pride in that.
The green stripes on the back of the flower are confusing me, but I am in another continent, and in an island group off that, to boot. Does the Kindergarten teacher not remember what was on the packet of seeds?
Possibly Ipomoea alba? http://images.google.com/images?hl=...1&q=ipomoea alba&ndsp=18&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
I think you all have figured it out, after researching the pics of the 'ipomoea alba' I would agree that looks like what I've got! However the discription I copied and pasted below confuses me as my plant/flower has no fragrance at all... ??? "Noctiflora: Fragrant, 10-15cm (4-6in) creamy white blooms open in the evening and close before mid-day. Cut for evening table arrangements."
Nevermind on that last statement about Noctiflora's... that is (I believe) a different type of plant/flower than what I've got. It is a night bloomer and is fragrant, mine is neither.
OK, now I'm completely confused... quoting Wikipedia here: "Ipomoea alba, sometimes called the moonflower (but not to be confused with the other species also called moonflower) or moon vine, is a species of night-blooming morning-glory, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the New World, from northern Argentina north to Mexico and Florida. It is a perennial herbaceous liana growing to a height of 5-30 m tall with twining stems. The leaves are entire or three-lobed, 5-15 cm long, with a 5-20 cm long stem. The flowers are fragrant, white or pink, and large, 8-14 cm diameter. The flowers open quickly in the evening and last through the night, remaining open until touched by the morning sun." First of all, there is no fragrance. Secondly, it is not a night bloomer. I don't know why I didn't catch this earlier... it must be something other than ipomoea alba??? Hmmm....
