Colombian Columbia Y023

Copyright 1998-2017 Yoshiaki Yoneda

This is a wild strain found in the Cesar area of Colombia. The hypocotyl has a tinge of red, and the cotyledonary veins are red, too. There are epidermal hairs to the upper half of the hypocotyl and cotyledonary petiole. The leaf has a broad shape and is comparatively small. The main lobe-intermediate type. Under natural conditions at Shizuoka-city, flower buds were finally recognized in the middle of October. The corolla is light blue, but its throat and midpetaline bands have a bit of a reddish tinge. The flower diameter is 6 cm. The flower tube is white. Light-brown epidermal hairs extend to the calyx, though thinly. Usually there is one flower per peduncle, but there can frequently be up to four.

Colombia Y023-1 Panoramic view	Colombia Y023-2 Panoramic view	Colombia Y023-3 Cotyledon compared with those of Africa strain (left)and Brazil strain (center)	Colombia Y023-4 Cotyledon and hypocotyl
Colombia Y023-5 1st leaf	Colombia Y023-6 From 1st leaf to 3rd leaf	Colombia Y023-7 Leaf	Colombia Y023-8 Leaf and flower
Colombia Y023-9 Flower	Colombia Y023-10 Calyx on flowering day	Colombia Y023-11 Capsule	Colombia Y023-12 Inflorescence
Colombia Y023-13 Capsule