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chalyse said:I've also seen extremely short styles in a few doubles, hidden down so far in the extra petals that it would be hard to dab, and not necessarily looking as though there were an opening for the pollen to enter. @sooby do you have any info to share about such occurrences?

No, I don't have any info, I was just curious about what was actually present, for example was the ovary present and was there some evidence of a style at all. I've heard that sometimes ants may damage the base of the style, maybe even severing it - just wondering if the appearance was of an aberration or critter damage. Presumably with the former the style/ovary would be closed, but a damaged one might still show that the style is hollow.