The cotton plants grown by my fellow community gardener is flowering and fruiting! Very soon we will have natural cotton fibers!
I was quite surprised to see that one plant can have flowers of two different colours. Later only to find out that this is not unusual and has to do with the age of the blooms. New blooms are yellow and they turn pink as they age before fading, see below.
A close-up of a newly opened flower:
An older flower located lower on the plant:
A fresh green fruit. Wonder how long it will take to mature and burst open to reveal the familiar off-white cotton fibers?
