To study the physiological changes and endogenous hormones variation during the flower development of Michelia crassipes,the flower buds from green flower bud stage,purple flower bud stage and the first-open stage were collected,to measure the physiological indexes and the variant endogenous hormones.The results showed that the contents of soluble sugar,soluble protein,chlorophyll and POD activity were decreased during the development of flower bud.The contents of free proline,malondialdehyde,anthocyanin and SOD activity showed the highest value in purple bud stage.According to the UPLC-ESI-MS...