Mystery Plant

Vanity | 08/21/2011 | Self

[John 3_19-21]

Calabasa?

[Squantos]

I’m guessin this is some Monsanto genetically altered variant of Ethiopian kudzu...... Use lots of butter an salt.

[Patriot Babe]

becareful it could become The Day of the Triffids =)

[freekitty]

It looks like squash.

[autumnraine]

Zuchini

[Western Phil]

Last Fall on my morning run while visiting my son in Carlsbad, California I found a field where they were raising pumpkin blossoms on a commercial basis. Don’t remember talking to anyone there & so don’t know how I discovered that, unless there was a sign to that effect.

[OldNewYork]

My guess was zucchini too, but it could be some kind of hybrid as well. Whatever it is, I think most people have it in the ballpark, squash, pumpkin, zucchini, etc. Wait ‘til it fruits - it will pretty likely be nicely edible.

[Daffynition]

Sounds spectacular...I’d need more plants though...this lonely little vine is devine. Kinda an orphan :)

[Daffynition]

What else could go wrong today? I accidentally clicked on an Aljezerra web site someone on a thread linked to and now kudzu.......I'm doomed. Fer sure.

[Cindy]

Bump.

[Cindy]

I agree... summer squash

[djf]

Certainly a squash/curcurbit.

Unknown type, probably impossible to tell just from the pics.

[ataDude]

Yeah... but those were really big pods. :-)

[sneakers]

Yep, either zucchini, pumpkin or some other type of squash. If it gets really long vines, it’s probably a pumpkin. We have a huge one growing in our yard. Seeds must have been in my compost pile because we certainly didn’t intend to plant pumpkin! However, we now have 7 nice pumpkins growing! We also had some unexpected crookneck squash (again, seeds in the compost pile). The flowers of both looked just like that! Got some yummy cheese-squash soup in my freezer for winter enjoyment now!

[fanfan]

The flowers had closed for the evening.

Want to see a baby spaghetti squash?

Isn't it cute?

[Tax-chick]

Awwwwwwwww. And then somebody’s just going to eat it ...

[Monkey Face]

Anyone seen any Triffids, lately?

[redhead]

zucchini(or other summer squash)

[LomanBill]

>>Some form of Datura. Don’t eat the seeds!

Datura belongs to the classic "witches' weeds," along with deadly nightshade, henbane, and mandrake. Most parts of the plants contain toxic hallucinogens, and datura has a long history of use for causing delirious states and death. It was well known as an essential ingredient of love potions and witches' brews.[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura

 

I'm not sure what the plant in the photo is though.  My first guess would be it's a cucumber.

[SunkenCiv]

Looks like a volunteer squash of some sort, i.e., probably won’t fruit, or the fruit will be inedible. Pretty plant though!