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Now you can recognize a flower bud.  
The characteristics of the flower bud are its pointed tip and its little bit of hair.
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The flower bud is still covered tightly by 5 sepals.  
You can see a small pistil and stamens within the bud.
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 | | What can you see inside the flower bud? 
You will see a flower bud in July if you sow the seed in the beginning of May.  
Flower buds appear and grow large first at the lower part of a stem, and then they appear and grow later and later in sequence, moving upwards along the stem.  
Generally, a flower blooms about 3 weeks after a flower bud appears.  
Let's observe what kind of change happens in a flower bud.
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The form of a flower bud becomes clear.  
Within the bud, part of a young petal becomes red.  
This flower bud will bloom in 6 or 7 days.
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This bud will open tomorrow.  
The flower petal is still hard and winding, as the time is not yet noon.  
The sepals open up and begin to spread out.
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