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p_ray Bethany, OK Aug 20, 2009

I am growing loofas and my male flowers don't open so I can pollinate. I would like to see a male and female side by side.

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kbumgar Bend, OR(Zone 5a) Aug 22, 2009

Try this link. The flowers are generic gourd, but I imagine that the loofahs that you have will look similar. See how the female has the pistil in the middle?

http://www.wuvie.net/gourdseeds.htm

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dipsydoodle Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Aug 26, 2009

http://www.luffa.info/ this site had a little information on them.

I'm growing them for the first time this year :) I won't get loofahs; my dad accidentally killed my first one. So I planted another 3 just to see if they would actually survive and they have so far; I'm going to get started early next year and get them outside and growing early.

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lvyao Katy, TX Sep 03, 2009

here is one female luffa flower (the yellow one), the male flowers are always in a cluster and open one at a time. If you look closely, the little buds in the middle bottom part of this photo are some male flowers.

By the way, the white flower is snake gourd flower, isn't it pretty?

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dipsydoodle Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Sep 04, 2009

The snake gourd has an unusual flower; it's very pretty.

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