Our winged beans are flowering now
white and a little bit of blue
still closed
white and a little bit of blue
still closed
open up a little
full bloomif we compare this with the above photos
we can imagine how the white outer petals open and pull back
leaving the bluish inside petals exposed.
Its like someone undressing....
its a beautyThen I remember how Ida's artistic inclination
paints her blue flowers onto the blue sky.
[ Kunne æ skrive på himmeln in her Ida's little corner of the world.]
and
Gwirrel's Garden post on Here we go again...
shows how different beans
produce similar flowers at least on color and shape.
Winged bean
is also known as kacang kelisa
or
kacang botol locally
I love the progression of this bud into full bloom...really cool! Is it a vine bean or bush bean? Also like the pepper post :)
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Lynnn
What a pretty flower. It's lovely how it 'undresses' itself to reveal it's undergarments.
ReplyDeleteVegetables have beautiful flowers, too.
ReplyDeleteI love the little hint of blue in them, such lovely flowers but is the bean tasty too?
ReplyDeleteYour pictures of the bean blooms are quite stunning. Are these beans eaten green or dried?
ReplyDeleteI didn't know winged bean has blue flowers. TQ for showing ;-)
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ReplyDelete> Jo
> Autumn Belle
The most stunning flowers are meant for the butterflies and the bees, therefore shapes and color are well blended to entice them ...Those flowers are well exposed to the sun
Winged bean is something else. The flowers are much smaller and more or less well hidden within the leaves. A hint of blue is all about the color that they have.
Winged bean is a vine, twining up the trellis.
~ bangchik
> prue
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> Stephanie
Lovely flowers but dont ask me why there is a hint of blue in the inner petals.... that is beans thumbprint!! genetic program!!
Winged beans can be eaten fresh as salad or ulam , very crunchy indeed. For this, only baby winged beans should be used.
Sometime we cook... fried winged beans with shrimps.
~ bangchik
what a pretty flower I hope the beans are as good to eat.
ReplyDelete> Joanne
ReplyDeleteWinged bean is a delicacy!!
~ bangchik