The single pistil has a simple, bulbous, smooth ovary and a somewhat elongated style terminated by a slightly enlarged stigma. There are nine stamens inserted in two whorls. Opposite each stamen and staminode of the inner whorl is one of the six stamens of the outer whorl. There is an orange nectary, slightly smaller than the staminode, on each side of each outer stamen. In stage 1, the first day, the petals separate and bend outward.
Some nectar appears on the staminodes.
After a few hours, the flower closes. In stage 2, the second day, the flower opens again. This time, nectar on the six true nectaries is secreted more profusely than occurred on the staminodes. The pistil is shriveled and dark and no longer receptive. The stamens are longer and larger, the inner three overtopping the stigma but facing away from it, and the outer stamens at about a 45 deg angle from the style and facing it, and both sets releasing sticky clumps of pollen.