Fun fact; Zucchini plants produce both male and female flowers. Male Flowers are best for harvesting and cooking. They grow on long, thin stems and have no baby zucchini attached at the base. Picking them will not impact fruit production. Female Flowers, on the other hand, are best left on the plant to grow into actual zucchini. You can identify them by the small, miniature squash attached directly beneath the blossom. Now you know.