If you love grapes, you must love grape blooms. One of the world's smallest flowers--so small that the slightest movement of it in the wind is sufficient to pollinate it--no bees or wasps needed (though sometimes they do gather pollen or nectar from grapes).
This is a closeup of a blooming Regent grape. There are five stamens (male), which surround each uva (female)--looking like rays around a little green hill. Once fertilized, the green hill grows into a grape.
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