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We started several cucumber plants but only this one survived and it seems quite healthy. This is a female flower. For more explanation see the detail below taken from a web site but edited.
Cucumbers, like most cucurbit plants, produce separate male and female flowers on the same plant. In botanical terms, these plants are said to be monoecious (translation, one-house). On monoecious plants, the male flowers contain stamens that produce pollen, while female flowers have pistils that contain the ovule. By contrast, plants, such as tomatoes and beans, produce “perfect” flowers that have both male and female parts present in the same flower.
Both male and female structures need to be present so that the pollen from the male flowers can fertilize the ovules in the female flowers to produce viable seed. Cucumber pollen is produced in a sticky mass and is not windblown. Hence, pollination requires the activity of insects that move pollen from male to female flowers, with bees being the most common pollinators. Once pollen has been deposited on the female flower, the pollen grains germinate and grow down the pollen-tubes to reach the ovules, where fertilization takes place.
As the fertilized ovules develop, hormones are released that stimulate the division and expansion of fruit cells. The development of cucumber fruit usually depends on the presence of an adequate number of fertilized seed within the developing fruit. Without enough fertilized seed, the fruit either aborts or becomes misshapen.
While wild-type cucumbers and older cucumber varieties are monoecious, cucumber varieties today can have flowering patterns that are monoecious or gynoecious. Many modern cucumber hybrids are gynoecious. Gynoecious varieties produce large numbers of female flowers and have a fairly concentrated flowering period. The female flowers of gynoecious varieties still need to be fertilized with pollen from male flowers, so a certain percentage of monoecious plants need to be planted along with the gynoecious plants to serve as pollenizers.
In addition to gynoecious and monoecious varieties, there is also a third type of cucumber variety, parthenocarpic varieties. Unlike the gynoecious and monoecious varieties, which require pollination to produce fruit, parthenocarpic varieties produce fruit without the need for pollination.
Parthenocarpic varieties are seedless, or nearly so, and the fruit develops in the absence of fertilized seed. These varieties can produce seed if pollinated. Therefore, parthenocarpic varieties should be spatially isolated from other types of cucumbers to keep the fruit seedless.
The Flickr Lounge-Summertime Orange
We're seeing quite a few blossoms now, can't wait to make some pickles!
Working in India for two weeks, first week in Bangalore, second in Chennai. Had to swing by the KR Flower Market for another round of photos. Probably my third time visiting this place and it never gets boring. This time found a man selling a wonderful array of cucumbers, neatly organised.
Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park. Place gets so busy it's hard to get a shot without someone in it.
The weather has been wet and I have moved my cucumber plant to my shed on the electric matt,to try and boost it growing!
Got some new clips to put around the stem of the cucumber so they don't damage.
Arianella cf. cucurbitina (ID-cred: T. Holmgren)
Size: 7 mm
A female cucumber spider on a burnt spruce twig in the large forest fire area in Västmanland, Sweden.
Stacked from 21 natural light exposures in Zerene Stacker.
Sony NEX-7, Canon MP-E65 @ 1/4s, f/6.3, ISO100
I really enjoy taking macros of backlit vegetables so I chose the Vegetable theme as my favorite. (Though from a scientific perspective a cucumber is a fruit.) This is a yummy, dill cucumber pickle.
Photographed on Bergger Pancro 400 with my Hasselblad w/150mm Sonnar T* lens plus a couple of Proxar filters.
Pancro 400 was processed in D-76 @ 1:1 for the recommended time.
Tiny cucumber starting to form. It's an extension of the flower just on the front. A clover leaf on the right gives an idea of size.
Swimming sea cucumbers like Enypniastes eximia have a special "flap" which they use to "lift" themselves off the seafloor. The transparent body reveals the sediment filled intestine looping around from the mouth (top) to the anus (bottom). This one was seen during the sixth dive of the Oceano Profundo 2018: Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands expedition, during exploration of the Inés María Mendoza Nature Reserve, a marine protected area off Yabucoa on the southeast shore of Puerto Rico.
Learn more about these animals here: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1811/logs/n...
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Exploring Deep-sea Habitats off Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Learn more about the expedition here: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1811/welcom...
[Source: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1811/logs/n...]
The cucumbers are doing great. Over a foot tall already.
Some people grow them on a trellis, but I have plenty of space so I'm going to let them run on the ground. We'll see how they do.
This sea cucumber, dubbed the “gummy squirrel” (Psychropotes longicauda), was seen at 5,100 meters (3.2 miles) depth on abyssal sediments in the western Clarion-Clipperton Zone. This animal is approximately 60 centimeters (2 feet) long (including tail), with red feeding palps (or “lips”) visibly extended from its anterior end (right).
During the 2018 DeepCCZ expedition, the team collected or observed at least 10 species of giant sea cucumbers across two Areas of Particular Environmental Interest (areas protected from mining), each species with distinct adaptations indicated by varying shapes and colors, numbers of feet and feeding appendages, presence/absence of “sails,” and behaviors ranging from plowing through the sediment to swimming up into the water column with the motions of a flamenco dancer.
This image was featured as our February 1, 2021, Image of the Day. For the full gallery, visit: oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/multimedia/daily-image/welcome.html.
Image courtesy of the DeepCCZ expedition.
First year growing Cucumber. The plant was started as an indoor seed in early May and transplanted outdoors May 28th.
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Day 112, Thursday, April 22nd, 2021
Spotted Cucumber Beetle
About 0.5cm long, this cute ladybug-lookalike is actually a spotted cucumber beetle and is considered a pest. Their larvae eat the roots of agricultural plants while the adults eat flowers, leaves, stems, and the fruits of many plants. This one is enjoying the fruit of the milkweed bloom. If you zoom in, you can see its mandible grasping the flower.
I had previously tried quite a few different cucumber shots, so this time decided to leave it simple but close up. I also used a different background which makes all the difference
I've planted cucumbers for the very first time, and they're actually growing healthy & strong! I can't wait to be able to walk out the back door & pick one fresh from the vine!! Yum! =)
I'm not going to let the cucumber I can't get out of my mouth to interfere with drinking my delicious butterscotch milkshake.
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Diabrotica undecimpunctata, or, the spotted cucumber beetle browsing on a weedy flower.
These beetles are native to North America but are considered pests in our agriculture industry. However, there is no agriculture in this immediate area of San Jose / Santa Clara County.
This property is owned by Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority. My colleagues and I were on the premises with a docent.
Lots of names for this tree. Cucumber tree, Cucumber Magnolia, or Blue Magnolia it is one of the largest Magnolia trees and can stand the cold very well. The interesting thing is it not normally found in the Midwest. It mainly is found in Eastern United States and Southern Ontario. It has growing at this abandon farm for as long as I can remember.
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