Flowering

Some of you may have heard of 1st flowering, 2nd flowering, etc.  What is it all about?

A single durian tree, during the same flowering season may have multiple flowering.  Flowers doesn't always blossom at the same time.  Flowering can be by:

-  scattered flower

-  first flowering

-  second flowering, etc.

Scattered flower is when only a few odd yet smaller bunch of flowers blossom and bears fruits.  1st/2nd flowering is where the bulk of the flowering takes place.  Some trees even goes into 3rd flowering.  Definitely, the more flowering, the weaker the quality of fruits, as all the nutrient have been given to the earlier flowering.

Sometimes, while the durian from 1st flowering is about mature, and dropping, 2nd flowering occurs.

The above photo is an example of different flowering, where a near full grown fruit is seen, together with new flowers, all from the same tree.

Let's start a trend, no more roses for e ladies.  We give them durian flowers instead.  Okok, I'm a kiam kana (stingy bugger)