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STRANGE VINE DISCOVERED IN WAIKIKI
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I found this vine growing wild in Waikiki. The leaves are shaped like hearts and the blossom itself is creatively complex in design.
The picture above is the closed blossom. The pictures below show the blooms.
Even more fascinating are the "hands" that reach out with spiral coils. They can grasp even fine mesh that covered my door and they tried to come inside, but I detached them. That's a little bit too close and too fast for a plant that I know nothing about yet. (I saw that movie before). The vine is very fast growing with precision dexterity. I would say that this plant is quite smart. Does anyone know what it is called? I believe it may be a new species.
When I was studying the Wisdom Bible, the vine grew up over the top of a small palm overnight and made a strange shape. It only lasted a few days and then it moved onto other creative designs. It is fascinating to watch what it will do next and where it will go. It sends out shoots that go in different directions and grabs hold of anything in its path while using different objects (including other plants) to move on to the next destination.
Currently this "Wisdom Vine" has grown so long in such a short time that I wrapped it around the iron balcony (looping it in and out of the spaces.) Let's see what it does next.
UPDATED July 23, 2008: Within two (2) days, the Wisdom Vine began dying after being isolated from other plants. Thus, the Wisdom Vine is definitely a "social" plant and must be around other plants. It hated the iron railing and isolation from the other plants. Currently, I have wrapped it around the bush and small palms, and now let's see whether it recovers.
The blossoms open in the morning only when it is cooler and close as soon as it gets warmer.
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This shows the heart-shaped leaves of the "Wisdom Vine" that made a design in the shape of a face by growing two vines: a vine underneath and one over the top and then using the coil-hands to connect the two vines to make a face. This was interesting because I had just finished intensive study of the Wisdom Bible and the shape looked symbolically religious.
I also have another plant (philodendron) that lets me know when to water it by turning one leaf yellow. I only water it when I see this sign, and it has been faithfully signaling me for years. This way I don't give it too much water. (If you think this is strange, wait until I write the article about the Mina birds, doves and cardinals who have done fascinating things recently..)
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Copyright © 2008, Cherie Phillips
Copyright © 2008, Cherie Phillips
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See how this vine uses the physics of coils as a hand. With the help of accelerated growth and the wind, the hands reach out and touch, connect, pickup dead stems from the ground, and so forth.
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Copyright © 2008, Cherie Phillips
Copyright © 2008, Cherie Phillips
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