I was talking to my partner about squash blossoms and how some produce vegetables and some don't. They didn't quite understand it, so I spent some time yesterday taking pictures.
All squash have what are basically male or female flowers (I'm not a botanist, just a home gardener who has a ton of useless information rattling around in my head and loves to learn new things). This one is a male flower. It grows out of a single stem with a flower that produces pollen.
This one is female. The base of the flower has a tiny little squash that if fertilized by squash pollen will drop the flower and grow into a vegetable that can be harvested. If it's not fertilized, it'll just die off after the flower closes (this one is specifically a patty pan squash; the type of squash is determined by the shape at the base of the flower). With luck, this little one will become food soon.
This one is just an oddball in that two male flowers are growing out of one stalk. I love my weird little squashes and hope to get a big harvest this year.
