The hummingbirds' vine is really named Cardinal Climber (Ipomoea x multifida) and the hummingbirds love it.  The vine has its idiosyncrasies. It has taken all summer for the vine to produce flowers and they seem to bloom for one day.  Flowers seem to open when the sun is shining but not when it is heavily cloudy.  It could be a temperature related thing as the cloudy days have been cooler than the sunny ones. 


After a series of warm, sunny days, the hummingbirds became accustomed to eating from all of the open flowers.  When the flowers stopped opening on a cloudy, cool, rainy day, the hummingbirds flew all around the vines and then hovered in front of them.  It was as if they were trying to figure out where the flowers went. 

The melons are ripening.  We have now eaten two.  When I bring them into the house, their delicious aroma fills the kitchen.  We always plant at least one melon vine but this is the first time we have produced any fruit.