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Protect the Pollen!

Protect the pollen!

I can hear the rallying cry spread from crocus to crocus on these rainy days. Close up! Protect the pollen!

By any means, protect the pollen.

So how does this happen, this closing of crocus blooms on cloudy, rainy days?

There are probably some scientific theories about why and how flowers close, debated no doubt in the halls of great agricultural universities. But here