Portulaca flowers close up in middle of day

Why do Portulaca flowers close up during the middle of the day and not reopen till the next day? They have full sun most all day and don’t draw many butterflies but thoudands of bees love them. Thank you.

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 09/02/2015 @ 12:54 am

This is the growing and blooming pattern for these flowers.

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