Avocado tree flowers

I am learning so much!

This is how small the flowers of an avo tree is: 

So just smaller than a bee.







And inside the flower is the ovary and inside the ovary is the ovule (or the egg). 

Did you know that this ovule becomes the hard pip inside an avo and that the ovary becomes the avo flesh that we eat?

And did you know that here in the Bay of Plenty it takes the avocado 12-15 months to grow big enough for us to eat? 

I am busy cutting through one side of the ovary to expose the ovule. I do this very carefully with a scalpel so that I do not harm the ovule. I do this all under the microscope because the ovule is the size as this full stop. How cool is that! I need very steady hands to do this and lots of patience. 

Watch this short video by Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery in Australia on how the flowers open and close for pollination:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aahzspd1Yzk