Flower Photos: Morning Glory You Can't Argue About

More Than 1000 Species of Morning Glories

These photos were taken outside the Ginowan Museum in Okinawa, Japan.

Plenty of the visitors to this blog come to look at flowers, ferns and trees.

So, I'm always on the lookout for new plants to show them.

Being, like a regular guy, I have no clue what I'm shooting, other than, it's some sort of flower.

If you asked me what a pansy was, I'd probably tell you, 

"A guy who runs from a bar fight."

In other words, when it comes to flowers, I'm no expert.

What I have to do, is shoot them first and ask questions later.

 Lucky, for me, there were two gardener ladies watching me take these photos.

When I asked them what the name of the flowers were, they both said, "Asago."

That's good enough for me.

Just for the heck of it, when I got inside the museum, I spotted a pretty, young girl.

And, showed her the pictures, to see what she called the flowers.

She called them Asago, too.

Three, out of three women, in Okinawa, Japan say this flower is an Asago.

They can't be wrong.

Asago Means Morning Glory

The word for Morning Glory, in Japanese, is Asago.

Back in June of last year, I thoroughly researched these flowers.

That's when I discovered over 1000 types of the flowering characters exist.

But, all the flower scientists tell you, Morning Glories grow on vines.

Not these puppies in Okinawa !

Look at the photos closely.  They are on some kind of wooden stems.  No vines.

Now, scientists, I ain't afraid to argue with.  Bringum on.

Okinawan women, that's another story.

If I didn't learn anything else in my life, there's one thing I know for sure.

You don't argue with an Okinawan woman.

Okinawa is the home of karate.

And, some of those gals carry weapons in their hair.

Did I ever tell you about that time a farmer's daughter came out of the sugar cane field ?

She started to hop on the back of my motor scooter.

The farmer's wife came out of the field, swinging her knife. More about that another time.

Those flowers are Morning Glories.

I'm positive !

The Flower Experts need to visit Okinawa and get updated.

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Flower Photo: Morning Glory There's Over 1,000 Species !

These Morning Glories were growing at a beach near my house in Okinawa, Japan.  It was in the morning, too.  But, I've also seen Morning Glories growing on tall vines up in the mountains.  The ones in the hills are the same color as these in the photo but, they must not pay attention to the time of day it is up there.  The ones in the mountains don't close their flowers in the afternoon.  They just keep blooming all day long.

Doing a little research at the WIKIPEDIA CHANNEL I discovered there are over 1,000 species of these flowers and they've been used as more than just ornamental plants. Morning Glories have served as medicine, food and used in the process of making vulcanized rubber a couple of thousand years before that Goodyear Tire guy was even born. Imagine that !

Down Mexico way, some priests figured a way to get hallucinogenic drugs out of the things, too.

Do you have Morning Glories growing where you live ? 

You probably shouldn't eat them unless you really know what you're doing !


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