My star fruit (Averrhoa carambola) is starting the flowering stage.
In Indonesia, it's well known as belimbing.
The fruit is popular throughout Southeast Asia, South Pacific and part of East Asia.
The fruit has distinctive ridges running down its sides (usually five, but can sometimes vary); in cross-section, it resembles a star, hence its name.
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| a cluster of flowers |
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| Blossom... |
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| small, but so... beautiful |
The trees are also grown as an ornamental for their abundant brightly colored and unusually shaped fruits, as well as for their attractive dark green leaves and their lavender to pink flowers.
I plant it on a big pot at my back yard.
This flowers only bloom during two hours in the morning, at 8 - 10 AM.
Then soon wither and furl.
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| I find a lot of flower's clusters |
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| Flowering branch |
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| furl on the afternoon |
Because the percentage of flower that forming to the fruit set is very low, just under five percents.
So... I desperately wanted to be able to pick the ripe fruits forward.
I have had star fruit but it may be something different. It was a yellow color as I remember. Those are real special looking flowers.
ReplyDeleteThe ripe fruits actually have yellow color. On the rainy season, the flowers fall out more and more. It's not easy to form fruit set.
DeleteI've never seen the flower of star fruit before. I love them! They're so pretty! They're kind of like a tropical version of cherry blossoms!
ReplyDeleteYes I think. Glance like a cherry blossom, but maybe this flowers are smaller.
DeleteIt is very pretty.
ReplyDeleteYes, small but so beautiful. so lovely.
DeleteWe can buy star fruit here in some supermarkets but it is interesting to see the flowers that produce them, So strange that the flowers open for two specific hours - I wonder why that time is good for the flowers.
ReplyDeleteI think at that hours, the flower get the optimum sunshine, humidity and temperature for the blooming.
DeleteWelcome Endah on Saturday, cool autumn morning ...
ReplyDeleteNice to look at the beautiful plants.
They have great flowers.
For me, today was cool, and - 3 degrees Celsius cold.
Meadows turned white with frost.
I wish you a nicer Saturday.
Greetings.
Lucia
Your days become cooler and snowy, and mine become warmer and rainy. I can't imagine how cool your days. I hope my blog will make you warmer. Enjoy your weekend.
DeleteI've bought star fruit in the supermarket but never seen the flowers - your photos are just beautiful, and you're so lucky to have this growing in your garden and be able to see this daily.
ReplyDeleteYea, we are lucky here. This plant usually flowering through the year. On the optimum condition we can enjoy this beautiful flowers and fruits almost everyday.
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