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Today you can see that lots of my flowers have opened. They really brighten up this cloudy spring day in Cardiff.
My flower is now fully open. It is bright yellow and has six large petals. It is 37cms tall. If you look inside you can see the stigma and anthers.
If you look at the flower from the side you can see it is shaped a bit like a trumpet.
Finally my 1st Daffodil flower has opened! It will take a day or two to open fully. Before it opened, the head tilted downwards.
Here is a close-up of the bud. You can see it's still wrapped up in its casing and not yet open. It should tilt downwards just before it opens.
22nd Feb 2008. The leaves are 25cm tall. They have begun to open out - so they can catch more sunlight to start storing energy. The bud is slightly taller at 32cms.
8th Feb 2008. Leaves and bud are a 11cms tall.
31st Jan 2008. First Daffodil leaves and bud appear. 4cm tall.
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If the bud didn't tilt downwards the trumpet shaped flower could fill up with rain like a cup - and damage the flower.
Have you noticed that the Daffodils turn their heads throughout the day - so they are always facing the sun?