Another interesting behavior of this species... multiple plants seem to bloom at the same time. This requires rather precise blooming since the flowers are so short-lived, they're hitting a target down to the hour. I have a friend who lives about 30 miles (48 km) from me, for whom his plants and mine often bloom on exactly the same day. Not 100% of the time... we have looked for patterns such as air pressure, sun, rain, even phase of the moon. (Don't laugh at the last... some natural phenomena, such as spawning of fish like the grunion do follow that pattern) Each time we thought we had a pattern, the plants missed a synchronization or otherwise told us "nope". So still a mystery of nature.
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