Why do flowers of mat ki rani bloom only at night?
Many animals and creatures rest during the day but become active at night. Similarly there are many plants which bloom at night only. Such plants are called night blooming plants. The flowers of raat ki rani (queen of the night) also fall in the same category. Many night flowering plants belong to the honeysuckle and nightshade families. Do you know why do flowers of queen of the night bloom at night only? It is quite often in the case of night flowering plants that they resort to the use of scent, thereby attracting highÂflying insects and moths. When these insects sit on the flower, a few pollen grains get stuck to their tiny feet and wings. When the same insects go to the flowers of the same variety, the pollen grains are deposited on the flower. This process helps pollination, without which a flower cannot mature into a fruit. Thus we can say that flowers of the queen of the night bloom at night to attract those insects which help the process of pollination. Flowers produce fruits
