Vines Archives - El Mesteño Ranch and Arboretum https://elmestenoranch.com/category/flora/vines/ Hidalgo County, Texas Tue, 18 Jun 2019 13:57:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://elmestenoranch.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-20180808_093253-1-32x32.jpg Vines Archives - El Mesteño Ranch and Arboretum https://elmestenoranch.com/category/flora/vines/ 32 32 194751585 Talayote https://elmestenoranch.com/2019/03/_/1194/ Thu, 21 Mar 2019 03:24:42 +0000 http://elmestenoranch.com/?p=1194 (Cynanchum racemosum)

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Milkweed seeds preparing for their maiden flight!
Talayote seeds still in the dried pod.
With dry, blustery conditions, these silken strands can lift the seeds to extremely high altitudes thereby dispersing them for miles.

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While this vine can sometimes strangle other plants with less constitution, here in the wilds of El Mesteño Ranch, it’s not nearly as formidable.

As the pods dry they crack open to release a flock of tiny brown seeds each seemingly suspended on it’s own silken parachute!

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