Re: More hermaphrodite flowers!
Steve.
Sounds like there may have been nuclear waste buried in your patch.
Anything else strange going on around there?
-----Original Message-----
From: SteveS012@aol.com <SteveS012@aol.com>
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 12:04 AM
Subject: More hermaphrodite flowers!
>What is with this?! I just found MORE mixed male/female flowers on my 780
>Mombert (567.5 Mombert x 946.5 Geerts)! (780 was off the same plant as the
>937.5 Mombert 98).
>What is going on?! Everyone tells me this is very rare, and I am finding
>several of them now. And no, they can't pollinate themselves, since there
is
>no ovule (boby pumpkin-to-be) underneath, just a pistol in the middle of a
>split stamen.
>I am going to try to get some pictures tomorrow. Hey, if anyone wants one
of
>these flowers to study or whatever, let me know! If anyone has any ideas
what
>might be causing this, let me know too! This is too weird!
>
>
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