#spinachflower

[fern717]

i came up with some more rarepairs

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#spinachpollen #microgametophytes #spermcells #spinachflower #spinaciaoleracea (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)

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Spinach plants are mostly dioecious, meaning there are separate male and female plants, except for occasional individuals that are both. This here is a female (I think) Winterspinat Haldenstein plant that is going to flower after several months in the hoop house. Soon, it will develop pointed seeds. Haldenstein is the Swiss town where this variety has been grown by nearly all who live there since before WWI. The seeds were given to me by William Woys Weaver. #winterspinathaldenstein #spinaciaoleracea #dioecious #monoecious #spinachflower #swissheirloom (at Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)

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Spinach seed clusters ripening on the female plants; male flowers full of pollen, but on their way out; tall male spinach plants with light-colored flowers on top tower over shorter greener female plants; the spinach seed patch - seeded in early December. #winterspinathaldenstein #heirloomspinach #seedsaving #seedkeeping #winterspinach #spinachseed #spinachflower