PurslaneKit Photos 2010

Updated: September 03, 2010
«©PK» Some photos from the 2010 purslane crop along with captions below:

This is a potted specimen which started forming seedpods in May and has
been steadily producing them over the past few months. The brownish
ovoid objects are the seedpods which cluster at the ends of the stalks.


This photo shows the little yellow flowers that appear prior to the formation
of seedpods. The flowers last for about 2 days at most and once they're
pollinated by bees or other insects, they'll become seedpods.


If you look at the lower-right corner of the photo, you'll see some newly
formed seedpods that are still green-colored instead of brown. Breaking
one open will reveal a cluster of rich black seeds that look like caviar.


Not purslane but cowpea pods (Pinkeye Purple Hull). Two ants may be
seen tending to the pod like a pair of guardians. They're feeding off the
sugary secretion that forms at the terminal between the pea pod and the
stalk. We'll use some of the seeds in the pod to start next year's crop in
one of our fields. 


These are some purslane plants that grow wild on our rooftop. Since
we have so many plants, the seeds are blown around by the wind
and the plantlets take root anywhere... even on gravel. Since there's
isn't much nutrition that these plants can absorb from gravel,
they're smaller than the ones that we intentionally plant in soil.
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