Paralyzed female pumpkin flower
acorn922
9 years ago
This female pumpkin flower has been like this all day.
Why is it behaving so oddly?
Could it have something to do with a recently pollinated flower being on the same vine. (Within a foot of it.)
Also, the leaves near the base have started to die off.
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