Well the "gwa" plant's flower finally opened up yesterday morning. Big showy flower. And I looked up on the internet and learned that this plant belongs to the gourd family (Cucurbitacea) under the same family with cucumber and squash. They have male and female flowers. So... the flower in the picture above is female. Only the female blossom can turn into fruit. Ha... one thing odd is that none of the male flowers were in bloom yet. Anyway... the flower only opened up for one morning. In the afternoon it was closed off. This morning it's still closed. I guess the flower only last for one day? oh well.
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so how big is that flower? it looked huge from the picture!
Big flower! Almost 2 inches. The problem is that the males flowers do not blooming. So without pollenization, don't think the "gwa" is going to grow.
can u do some sort of artificial pollinations?
yeah I know my mom tried. but the male flowers are not producing any pollens. weird. a case male infertility. hahaha.
I checked the plant this morning again. One of the gwa seems to be getting bigger though. we'll see.
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