Stephen Spoonamore
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The #Orchard advances on it's #PathOfTotality . Let's look at the same two Bartlett #Pear clusters. Today the 11th about to have the big blossom day. April 7th during it #cthulhu form. And way back March 25th when I inspected for frost damage. Same two buds. Different angles.
10:25 AM - Apr 11, 2024
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Stephen Spoonamore
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For any Botany and/or Scrabble obsessives out there...the flower clusters on pear trees are called corymbs. This is the specific type of cluster where the OUTER flower stalks are longer than the inner flower stalks, making a sort of candelabra or planar layer of uniformly presenting flowers.
10:35 AM - Apr 11, 2024
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Stephen Spoonamore
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In response to Stephen Spoonamore.
The reason for a Corymb. By lifting outer flowers outward and upward the relatively flat/planar grouping of flowers. Likely evolved to better attract pollinators. I do know bees LOVE to run across these flat plates of flowers without having to do the hard work of flying.
10:38 AM - Apr 11, 2024 (Edited)
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