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Fig.: No. open flowers on greenhouse plants: 
All open flowers pollinated daily

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I found the same pattern in the greenhouse where I pollinated all of the flowers that bloomed each day on 12 plants, and summed the number of flowers in bloom in this small population. Here the plants reach their peak bloom very rapidly, and then bloom decreases over time.