Pic Today 5/4/16

 

WHO COULD RESIST?

The beautiful hibiscus flower

seems desperate for pollination.

Giant blossoms, brilliant colors,

lengthy pistils reaching out

(or is it stamens?) . . .

all the right signals to

passerby pollinators!

But nothing to worry about!

Hibiscus flowers are "easy,"

with a fail-safe backup plan

for reproduction.

Hummingbirds take care of the job.

Bees, wasps, almost any flying insect, too.

But hibiscus is also a self-pollinator,

able to pollinate itself in the wind.

(No fun.)