Chris rain wrote:Ok, the grape buds finally flowered. Here is the pic.
What's the verdict? Is this vine a male or female ?
Looks male to me. I think the dark yellow parts are corollas from unopened flowers. There are a couple of flowers that can be seen in isolation, and they have the upstanding anthers of a male (female anthers are on filaments reflexed back away from the ovary) and lack the stigma of a female or perfect/hermaphroditic flower.
There are good photos of individual flowers showing male, female and perfect examples at
http://www.hort.cornell.edu/reisch/grapegenetics/breeding/crossing1.html
