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Old 07-20-2009, 04:23 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: Bloom is dropping fingers!

Sounds like male flowers, they have a small vestigial ovary at the bottom and also (in this case) visible vestigial stigma and style. The true ovaries of the female flowers are much larger even before they start to grow and do not abscise.
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