| WWW.SEABEAN.COM HOME PAGE | Main UNIDENTIFIED page | E-MAIL Contact Info |
Unidentified Sea-Beans
The following speckled sea-bean was collected by Mary in West Palm Beach, Florida USA
Is this simply a "different-looking" Dioclea reflexa?
This bean was found beached, preparing to sprout.
Note the hilum being pushed outward from the body of the seed... unzipped!
This similar, but non-speckled seed was collected in the West Palm Beach area, 7/24/2005
The speckled seed was planted Sprout shown above is 2.5 inches tall on 5/22/2007. The stem is NOT (yet) hairy as in Dioclea reflexa. |
5/09/2007 found beached 5/12/2007 planted 5/20/2007 sprouted 5/22/2007 photographed (left); 2.5 inches tall 5/23/2007 6:30 am; 4.25 inches tall 5/23/2007 9:00 pm; 6.50 inches tall (photographed) 5/24/2007 6:00 pm; 8.25 inches tall 5/24/2007 9:00 pm; 11.25 inches tall 5/25/2007 9:00 pm; 16.25 inches tall |
Speckled seed sprout tip, 5/23/2007, 9:00 pm; height = 6.5 inches.
5/23/2007, 9:00 pm; Distance from tip to rightmost edge of "leaf bract"(?) is 1 and 3/8 inches.
Speckled seed sprout tip, 5/25/2007, 9:00 pm; height = 16.25 inches.
For an image showing more of the stem, click on above photo or click here.
The leaf bract shown in the 5/23/07 photos is now 7 inches back from the growing tip.
The leaf bract you see in this 5/25/07 photo is new and is 0.75 inches from the growing tip.
Here's several views of another "Butterscotch Dioclea" specimen (29.3 x 26.8 x 19.4 mm)
found on the beach of North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, Florida USA; Oct. 9, 2011
A few more photos of a Butterscotch Dioclea, collected from Bahia Honda Key, Florida, USA; February 2016.
Photos: Kathy Wood
Return to Top
