More info on this topic. Loblolly bay flowers from the last week in June to the first week in
July. Flowers remain open for 1 or 2 days and are pollinated by bees,
flies, and hummingbirds. After the second day, the sepals and petals
fall, leaving the ovary at the end of the peduncle. As the ovaries
develop, they gradually turn brown and five sutures develop. Mature
open capsules first appear during September or October, and all the
capsules open by the middle of December. Seedfall starts in October,
peaks in December, and continues until early March [
12].