Pumpkins have Enormous Flowers

I never thought pumpkins would have big yellow flowers the size of lilies.

The first pumpkin plant flowered! I haven't yet seen the inside of the flowers, since they only bloom for a few hours a day, usually in the morning.  I've checked as early as 6:30 am with no luck.  Unfortunately, the bottom flower got pulverized.  Thankfully, it was a male flower, which is way more common on the plant (and in life, am I right ladies? just kidding).  Here's a picture to help identify male and female flowers on pumpkin plants brought to us by the Missouri Botanical Garden:

Source: Missouri Botanical Garden

The flower on the left is a male flower, the flower on the right is a female flower.  The more you know, right?  There are usually fewer female flowers than male flowers, since only the female flowers will bear fruit.  I am going to wake up super early tomorrow and see if I can catch a flower opening.  Fingers crossed.

Have a wonderful day!

Christine