passionflower
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the photograph was taken July. It shows one of the first blooms of my passionflower this year. It had and has still flowers and buds. A single one opens for 2 days approx. When it opens, the pistils are standing upright like in the image. After a while they bend down, even beneath the stamina, so that visiting insects can transfer the pollen on their backs horizontally from stamina to pistils. ( Not very successfully in my case: I found a 'kind of' fruit only once in my life ;) ) . After one day the pistils turn back again and the petals close and wither.
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passionflower
On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 23:55:50 +0200, Willi_9
wrote: the photograph was taken July. It shows one of the first blooms of my passionflower this year. It had and has still flowers and buds. A single one opens for 2 days approx. When it opens, the pistils are standing upright like in the image. After a while they bend down, even beneath the stamina, so that visiting insects can transfer the pollen on their backs horizontally from stamina to pistils. ( Not very successfully in my case: I found a 'kind of' fruit only once in my life ;) ) . After one day the pistils turn back again and the petals close and wither. I had the same or almost the same passion flowers on my deck. I was amazed at the wonder of them. And still am. |
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