Delicate tropical 'clinger' - what is it!

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  1. Silver surfer

    Silver surfer PLANTAHOLIC

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    Many thanks Rob for the new very clear pic.
    it is defiinitely not Ficus pumila. ( Pic 3 are!)
    It is Macfadyena unguis-cati.
    Common name cat's claw vine.
    In many parts of the world it is concidered a invasive plant. A pest.
    2nd link shows very clear close up pics.

    http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/03030800-0b07-490a-8d04-0605030c0f01/media/Images/Macfadyena_unguis-cati/macfadyena%20unguis-cati1.jpg

    http://www.archbold-station.org/station/html/linkpgs/invasives/cat_cl_vine.html

    That still leaves Pic 1 to solve!


    sal 73. Pic 1. The leaves are very different in Moringa oleifera.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Starr_080609-7913_Moringa_oleifera.jpg

    Pic 2. Also very different for Japanese creeper...Parthenocissus tricuspidata.

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&gs_nf=1&cp=35&gs_id=44&xhr=t&q=parthenocissus+tricuspidata+leaves&pq=parthenocissus+tricuspidata&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=647&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=-4dUT5PFIKSs0QWv18nzCw
     
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    Any Ficus can be id'd physically by pulling a leaf off and seeing if it bleeds.
     
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    robsamui Apprentice Gardener

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    What an expert and lovely person you are. Triffic.

    So I got a cactus scrabblin up the outside of my house . . .?

    Seriously, checked all the links and the pics on Google and it's the cat's claw vine right enough (as witnessed by when it bit me on the video!).

    Thank you so much. I like this website.

    Tho all the pics I sent before were of the same plant . .
    What makes me curious is that all the Google pics show this running rampant with a bright yellow bloom.

    Are there different sub-species - do you know?

    Never mind - your expert duty is done and I am a happy Robert.

    Ta dude, as they say!

    Rob
     
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    robsamui Apprentice Gardener

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    ooo - thanks for this. (But all the fig family that i'll be assaulting in the futuremay not share my outlook . . .

    R
     
  5. robsamui

    robsamui Apprentice Gardener

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    Oooo.
    Rob is a twit. Repeat . . .

    Checked the little pot with the 'planlets' today and found a cuckoo. Either a tamarind sprout or a mimosa. It was twice the height of the real ones (this week) but didn't spot it when i took the pics.

    Sorry to engage you thus for no avail - but OH how good of you to respond.

    Thanks again - and apologies again too again, err again . . .

    Rob
     
  6. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    I should have got Macfadyena, I've got it climbing up the back of my house.

    Didn't notice the claws until I just looked at the video.
     
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