Guess the flower, then I'll pick your brain! LOL

[ducks4you]

Do you know what this flower is? (Sorry, I had to borrow a picture online.)

 

[sparkles2307]

is it Flower-of-an-Hour 'Luyona'

Hibiscus Trionium?

 

[ducks4you]

nope--GOOD GUESS!! (It's a vegetable flower.) WOW, they do look alike--note that MY flower has more closely knit petals.

Are they hard to grow?

 

[bid]

Jambalaya, and a crawfish pie and file' gumbo?

 

[ducks4you]

Sorry, bid--I didn't preview my 2nd post! Check #3, again.
I didn't think I'd stump you'all!!

 

[beavis]

Okra

 

[ducks4you]

BINGO!!!
I grew it this year, because I was tired of buying it in the store for frying up with chicken and turkey. I had NO IDEA how pretty the flowers were.
Now, for my request...Here is an article about harvesting.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2156654_harvest-okra.html
Do you agree, OR, do you have some other advice. I JUST harvested enough to freeze for one meal, this morning.

Now, I want to grow Luyona, too!! Thanks, sparkles!!

 

[Hollywood Gardens]

I wish I had seen this earlier!! I knew it was okra at first glance!!!!

Do you have another one??

 

[ducks4you]

I had to borrow these pictures, but I'm going to try to take pictures of my OWN this weekend. This is what this morning's harvest looked like:

Does anybody know if the red okra is heirloom?

 

[patandchickens]

As far as I'm concerned, many varieties of okra are better as ornamentals than as veggies -- not to underrate the value of good fried okra or gumbo, but because they really are PURTY. The times I've grown 'em it's been as much to look at as to eat from.

There are heirloom type red okras but I believe there are modern commercial varieties too so I am not sure it is possible to tell just by looking?

Nice pics

Pat, now unfortunately living pretty much too far north for decent okra-growing