10 June 2009

BEGONIA

i love Begonias, especially Cane Begonias because it is a combination of two things - a bamboo-like plant which i like and a flowering plant.

But do you know some plants have separate male and female flowers? I don't know Begonias have different flower sexes until a friend showed it to me. Interesting?

The ones you see in the foreground are the male flowers and the ones in the background are the female flowers. Confused already?

Fret not. The female flowers look like this. Behind the petals appear to be this winged sac, which is apparently the ovary carrying the seeds. Can you spot the difference now? Nature must have its purpose and reason for producing different sex flowers.