Finally tossing the Halloween pumpkin

But I thought I'd cut it open and photograph the inside. Cucurbita genus, possibly C. pepo.

From Missouri Botanical Garden, http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/gardening-help-faqs.aspx?questionid=274&afmid=4462 » “Names differ throughout the world, but in the United States, any round, orange squash used for pies or jack-o-lanterns is likely to be called a pumpkin. But the term ‘pumpkin’ really has no botanical meaning, as they are actually all squash. Squash are divided into two categories: tender or summer squash, and hard-skinned or winter squash. Examples of summer squash include zucchini, pattypan, straightneck, crookneck and other types. Winter squash include small to medium hard-skinned squash such as the acorn, small hubbard, miniature pumpkin and spaghetti types, as well as the large hard-skinned types, including banana, butternuts, cheese pumpkins, cushaws, and large hubbards, among others.”

Genus page at PhytoImages, http://phytoimages.siu.edu/cgi-bin/dol/dol_terminal.pl?taxon_name=Cucurbita&rank=genus

1 year ago, no post.
2 years ago (“Greenhouse venting crank”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-11-29
3 years ago (“Sixth sense?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-11-29
4 years ago (“Living room abstract”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-11-29
5 years ago (“Pucker up, baby!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-11-29
6 years ago (“Abstract #9”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-11-29

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