Luffa flower is unisexual, because only pistils or stamens can be found in a luffa flower, so it is unisexual. Luffa flowers are usually bright yellow with oval petals, clear veins in the middle and curved edges.

Is Luffa a monoecious flower?

Luffa is a common vegetable in summer. Luffa can blossom or bear fruit, so Luffa belongs to a subclass of plants, not gymnosperms or angiosperms. In addition, Luffa flower is also a monoecious vegetable.

Luffa takes time to bloom.

The inflorescence type of Luffa flower belongs to raceme, and the peduncle is relatively thick, which will be 12cm long. Luffa flowers usually bloom around July every year, that is, in summer. The flowering time of a single multi-flower is only two hours, and the flowering time is relatively short, and it usually fades in the evening.

Luffa flower pollination

The main pollination method of Luffa flowers is cross pollination. Luffa flowers are colorful and fragrant, and can also be pollinated by bees. Therefore, the towel gourd flower belongs to the insect-borne flower. Artificial pollination of loofah is generally carried out in the morning, as long as the pollen on the male flowers is evenly distributed on the female flowers that open that day.

Pictures of loofah blooming.