When should I choose ‘Peak flower’, ‘Peak opening’, or ‘Peak pollen’ to describe the intensity of Open flowers, Open pollen cones, or Pollen release?
Since the intensity options of ‘Peak flower’, ‘Peak opening’, or ‘Peak pollen’ for phenophases ‘Open flowers’, ‘Open pollen cones’, and ‘Pollen release’ overlap with the intensity option of ’10 or more’ flowers or pollen cones, you should choose the intensity option that seems to best describe your plant at the time of observation. For plants that flower multiple times in a year, you may see one flowering episode that seems to have a distinct peak with lots and lots of flowers open at once for a short period of time. In this case, you should choose ‘Peak flower’. When the same plant flowers again later in the year, you may see 10 or more flowers on the plant at one time, but nothing that resembles a dramatic peak in flowering. In this case, you should choose ’10 or more’ flowers. You may also find that even with plant species that flower only once a year and often have a dramatic peak flowering period, in some years your plant may have few flowers and the obvious “peak” does not seem t
