Growing gourd with open flower at the end. Flower will last a single day as bees enter it and fertilize the seeds. Then it will drop off as the fertil

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Growing gourd with open flower at the end. Flower will last a single day as bees enter it and fertilize the seeds. Then it will drop off as the fertilized gourd (the fruit) continues to grow. Part of sequence of photos.

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Photo credit: © Gerry Bishop / Alamy / Afripics
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