Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday - Apr 4-2011

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*Mellow Yellow Monday*

*Ruby Tuesday*

I found these yellow flowers on a vine on our wood fence this past week. I had never seen flowers on this vine growing wild on the fence and have no idea what they are. They are certainly eye-catching!

World's most beautiful flower-IMHO

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ROSE

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday- Sept 27, 2010-"October Sunrise"

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It's time to share our Mellow Yellow Monday posts again!

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This is a Mellow Yellow (golden)  October sunrise of a couple years ago!

I've always loved this shot 
and have made it my
'Header' on my main blog 
for the month of October!

Enjoy!

Junie Rose

More on that plant...

LOL...And I feel stupid!

When C. brought that plant in for me to see we both felt a familiarity to it...It was kinda weird because neither of us could capture our memories/knowledge for this plant..but we both felt we had seen it before-also the smell of the leaves seemed familiar to us.

One of my readers  left a comment letting me know the name she knows it by.

 

Here  is the comment!

Mel Cole of PA, USA said...

Oh those! We call those Ampalaya. They are food for diebetic though. Have a beautiful Tuesday.  ~~

OK-I was excited to get this info and of course went to search out more information about this plant.

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I found~

 another name  for this plant is 'Bitter Melon.'

This is some info on Wikipedia.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_melon

~After learning this, Charles and I became concerned that this plant may have been planted by our daughter-in-law, Joy, as a veggie to use...and that it was NOT a wild plant at all like we had thought it to be!~

LOL-OK-later  that night I talked to my D-I-L ( My new D-I-L who is a Filipino girl) and-indeed- she knew all about this plant and had grown it from seeds she had got from a friend!

The name she knows it by is 'Bitter Squash.'

Oh, my! So we had messed up- but Joy and I had a good laugh over it!  :) Luckily, C. didn't remove the plants- just the fruit to show me!

...so...the feeling of having known this plant before- or one closely related- kept gnawing at my memories... I decided to search out 'Florida Vines.' I had  almost immediate results in this journey! I found this!

Bitter melon, Balsam apple - Momordica charantia

 

 http://www.floridasnature.com/vines_%20gallery.htm

 

...And then Charles and I both remembered a very similar problem vine we had  had in Miami that kept growing up among our Hibiscus hedge.  I remembered this but since the fruits were much smaller didn't make the connection that it is the same plant- or at least a very close relative!

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This plant seems to have many uses and is beneficial in a lot of ways ... also-parts of it can be toxic...so my first impression was not really that far off!

Only one of the fruits C. picked to show me was at the edible stage...when they turn yellow they are only good for the seeds. 

 

Anyway-I have the seeds and will save them for next year!

 

~~OK-then~ THIS is one reason I like blogging and the Internet!!  There's a whole world of knowledge at your fingertips!!~~

 

 

Junie Rose

Ruby Tuesday~Aug 17, 2010~ What in the world...??

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Today is...Ruby Tuesday!

 

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What in the world is this?? I don't know!

My husband brought this in to show me this morning, after doing some mowing here at our place.

(He remembered my picture projects that I like to do!  :) -He mentioned Mellow Yellow but I said,"No-it's a perfect Ruby Tuesday")  :)

He said he found this growing along the fence and that it is common around here...but he didn't know the name of the vine.

I don't remember ever having seen it before.  Maybe I just never saw it at this stage with the pods popped open and the colorful seeds spilling out! How could I have missed it, otherwise!!

OK-I haven't looked it up but I took precautions in not touching it too much and letting the juice get on my hands. ...Never know...it could be toxic.It looks kinda evil but very beautiful to look at, nonetheless!

Does anyone know this plant? I'd like to know about it.

(click on pics to enlarge)

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday_ July 19, 2010~ 'Weed'

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Mellow Yellow Monday

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We see a lot of yellow in the plant world and it has always been a favorite color for me in my flowers choices in my garden!

(roses-sunflowers-etc-etc-)

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This little flower is a weed and one that most people see as only a nuisance...still... I find beauty in this little flower with the bright yellow center.

( ... so- for me it's not a weed but a 'wildflower.' )

(Beggar's Tick)

Info on this weed -*here*

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday~ July 5, 2010-Something yummy in yellow!

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It's Mellow Yellow Monday again!

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Recently we were invited to dinner with our son and daughter-in-law!

Joy and Chris served us an excellent meal...

(and with lots of Mellow Yellow)

... but the best  part was this...

~ a home made Key Lime Pie ~

  and truly the best I've ever had! 

:)

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday~ June 28, 2010~ Glorisa

 It's Mellow Yellow Monday again and time to share what's yellow in our lives!

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I have a few of these interesting flowering vines growing in my yard.

I have 2 colors - the yellow, which I'm showing today, and the red one- which is in the wikipedia info I have posted below.

They are beautiful flowers and new to me in recent years. I was surprised, reading some of the facts about this plant!

Whatever else they may be, they do produce beautiful flowers!

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Gloriosa (genus)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gloriosa Gloriosa superba Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Monocots Order: Liliales Family: Colchicaceae Genus: Gloriosa L. Species See text.

Gloriosa superba Climbing lilly Gloriosa superba in Tamil Nadu, India

Gloriosa is a genus of five or six species in the plant family Colchicaceae, from tropical Africa and Asia. They are tender, tuberous rooted deciduous perennials, adapted to summer rainfall with a dormant dry season. Their native range is Africa, Southeastern Asia and parts of Malaysia, but they are now widely cultivated^[1]. All parts of the plant contain colchicine and related alkaloids and are therefore dangerously toxic if ingested, especially the tubers; contact with the stems and leaves can cause skin irritation.
Various preparations of the plant are used in traditional medicines for a variety of complaints in both Africa and India.


More info found here on Wikipedia



Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday- (for May31, 2010)

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On Memorial Day weekend
we had a gathering at our place with some of the family.

Lots of yummy food
- fresh from the garden-
and lots of it Mellow Yellow in color!

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Mellow Yellow Roasted Corn

Some of my young guests enjoying our meal!
(Alli, Mario, Dan and Joy)

Junie

Mellow Yellow Monday- ( for May 3, 2010 )

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Mellow Yellow Monday




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Well, I'm late but I want to share my yellow flowers and 'winged things!'

These were taken in my front garden today!

Junie Rose